need some more help

Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

I bought various gingers years ago and now I'm trying ID them. Can anybody help me ID the following three?

Fred

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Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

and this. I saw a shampoo ginger discussion here. Is this the same?

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Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

a closeup

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Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

and a red one

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Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

with closeup

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Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b)

Costus woodsonii for #1
2 is Shampoo Ginger/Pinecone Ginger Zingiber Zer.......
3 looks like Hedychium coccinea

Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

Couldn't find any red Hydychium coccinea but Red Butterfly Ginger, Scarlet Ginger
Hedychium greenii seems like a better match even though the plant files show something less red then mine.

Now I have another problem. This plant resembles a blue ginger but I didn't plant it and it sort of looks like a weed among my Ixora. I do have blue ginger about 200 ft away behind the house in fairly deep shade. They are tall and have big blooms. Can the plant shown here be a blue ginger? Or what?

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Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

this is my 'other' blue ginger.

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Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

the leaves sure look the same

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Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b)

yes it is blue ginger(not true ginger) is Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Naples, FL(Zone 10b)

Donna,
the Pic where the ixora also grows?

Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b)

yes Fred

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