I have no names; well, i used to but they got lost. I started getting into these after hostas broke my heart. They behave like hostas, in fact, they EATEN by slugs, just like hostas. I still love them because markings on foliage are quite showy.
See? I even have a hosta tag next to my kaemp.
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#8, this one's is gonna be a house-eater. very fast grower.
that's the show. they're all planted in the same bed, shadiest part of my garden. require lots of water. very lovely groundcover
1-gilbertii
2-silver spot
4-jungle gold
5-not totally sure, but it looks like bicolor maybe?
6-rotunda 'raven'
sorry, 7's on the tip of my tongue and I don't know 8. Here the colors fade fast with too much water, so they like the dry shade spots. I have tried a few for hardiness (in 7b), but could not push them here, sadly
thanks Tropicanna
vossner, love the shots of your kaempferias! So far I haven't had much of a problem with slugs eating mine, but thank you for the info, I will definitely be on the watch for those buggers.
I had a surprise earlier this spring when this pretty little flower popped up and I didn't remember what it was from. I was thrilled to discover it was a kaemp!
Cathy
vossner---
Beautiful---what is the pH of your soil? They don't seem to mind the summer heat, do they---given sufficient moisture. How long have you had them?
awesome Vossner. I really love gingers. I have been collecting gingers hot and heavy this year. One of my last species of plants to get replaced in the new home
#5 Looks like 'Satin Cheeks' to me
thanks everyone. ashjuniper, my soil is neutral. Donna I adore gingers to, ALL of them! But the little kaemps are special because they are just like hostas, which I can't grow here--too hot. I do have a couple of hostas tucked in some dark corner somewhere, but I could never be a hostaholic, sigh.
1gilbertii
2 pulcra 'silverspot' possibly 'alva'
4cornukaempferia aurantiflora
5 k pulchra or elegans, hard to tell without flower shot closeup
6 rotunda 'raven'
7 pulchra ' mason'
8 alpinia sp nutans??
Note bicolor is a made-up name, used by one Thai exporter for a form of K elegans. . Some refer to pulchra and elegans as the same but it's been proven they are indeed separate species. The purple stigma on elegans is a dead give away for IDs. .
Tim Chapman
