Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Please help me ID this ginger, 1 by birdlady_liz

birdlady_liz wrote:
all Kaempferias seem to be referred to as peacock ginger. Yours looks like Kaempferia hybrid 'Alva', John Banta's cross. The leaves get much larger than K. pulchra 'Silver Spot' and the blooms have a kind of pink iridescent sheen over the lavender blooms. I LOVE IT! John has some awesome Kaempferia hybrids, as does Jim Conyers. I got some new plants from both of them last week when we were in Alva (Ft. Myers area). Got some really nice pictures at Jim's place.
Liz
This is one of my Alva's