Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Is this a ginger?, 1 by carol_skinner

carol_skinner wrote:
I posted this photo in the plant ID forum and they sent me over here.

Here is the correspondence tigerlily123 and I exchanged:

I went on another jungle photo shoot this morning - the leaves are very hairy/fuzzy and the yellow flower has a butterfly right down deep inside it - in fact all of these plants I saw today had butterflies inside.

looks like some type of costus ginger

You're probably right - but I have googled costus ginger and there are a LOT of types - this one has long very furry leaves and most of the ones I have seen on the websites have smooth leaves or the leaves aren't the right shape. Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction. I am beginning to feel like a botanic Sherlok Holmes :-)

the furry leaf is weird for a costus-but that bloom sure looks like one! Post it in the ginger forum and see if anyone there knows what it is.

So - here I am. I do have other photos if necessary. I am a total newbie as far as any type of plants are concerned - not just ginger. I joined DG to help me identify the flowers, plants and insects I am posting on my online gallery - I am an artist - not a botanist :-) Everybody is so knowledgeable and has been so helpful.

Carol

My artwork is here:

http://www.pbase.com/carol_muse_skinner