Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Alpinia luteocarpa-pic, 1 by GingerGrower

GingerGrower wrote:
Hi olddude, That ginger is Alpinia luteocarpa, It is a tropical ginger that was being cloned by one of the Tissue culture labs about 4 or 5 years ago. They were suppling the big wholesale nurseries in Miami & elsewhere. The lab has almost stopped production of gingers now. So the gingers that were found in Lowes & Home Depot, & Walmart, will no longer be available there. You can still find the Siam Tulpis, because the rhizomes are imported each year from Thailand.