It has beautiful blooms. A hanging racime and each flower looked like the one in the photo. not fragrant. can you name? I had never seem it blooming before, make me think of an upside down floxglove.
what kind of ginger is this?
costus something...I think
ely
Its the regular shell ginger alpinnia speciosa, I love the flower clusters on this type..look like orchid flowers.
i'll be that is pretty big looking for one.
ely
yep. that is it! thank you very much.
Very pretty. Are the alpinias difficult to grow? Seems they have the prettiest flowers.
i don't think so. my neighbor does nothing to them and they thrive inground in shade. maybe we can trade? she's given me some, more than enough for just me.
Ely, the shell gingers here get 10ft tall and have clusters of flowers over a foot long, they are soooooo pretty!
My pinstripe form of this bloomed this summer.........smaller flowers but similar markings........
just tonight I attended a lecture on gingers where they showed a slide of this striped one. WOWZERS, beautiful