what's the name of this florida canna

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basilemon Jun 10, 2012

what's the name of this canna with green leaves, white flowers, yellow inside with an orange center. its leaves are aromatic. saw it in florida and southern china.

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Jun 10, 2012

Is it a Canna, it looks very like one of the Ginger plants that grow like weeds in Florida, has it got a perfume, that would be helpful.
Hope someone else can come in and help out as I only visit that area and dont live there.
Good luck. WeeNel.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jun 10, 2012

Can you post a bigger picture? It's very hard to see any detail in this one because it's so small.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Jun 11, 2012

i'm thinking Alpinia of some kind but a bigger picture would certainly help.

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basilemon Jun 11, 2012

WeeNel, maybe you're right. maybe is from the ginger family. the leaves were use to cover a new year cake in my village for is aroma. i upload more pics.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) Jun 11, 2012

looks like Alpinia zerumbet: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2333/

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basilemon Jun 13, 2012

thanks a million WeeNel and trackinsand, it is Alpinia zerumbet. i'll buy one next year.

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