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08-24-2008, 01:33 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Ginger Identification
Good afternoon everyone! I'm hoping you can help me I.D. these gingers. I picked them up at some nurseries on vacation down in the FL panhandle. They didn't have any labels, but I was told that most of them are hardy in zone 8. Thank you very much.
Austin Ginger #1 Ginger #2 Ginger #3 Ginger #4 Ginger #5 Ginger #6 Elephant Ear
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Re: Ginger Identification
#2 looks like some type of hedychium...
#3 a curcuma of some sort #6 spiral ginger of some sort ee looks like an alocasia calidora to me. #4 also looks like a hedychium (Got a close up of the bloom?) May be way off, but that is my 2 cents worth... |
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Re: Ginger Identification
Ginger #5 is 'Panama Purple'. I have one myself.
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Re: Ginger Identification
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Yes, I believe Curcuma longa is the Latin name.
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08-25-2008, 09:57 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Re: Ginger Identification
#1 is a Globba I guess,....
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Re: Ginger Identification
Austin,
I am sure you have this info, but I thought I would update the id's for others here that are curious as to what they are... Here goes: #1) Globba winitii #2) Hedychium (unknown until bloom) #3) Curcuma petiolata #4) Hedychium (unknown until bloom) #5) Curcuma zedoairia #6) Costus speciosus All should be able to handle your weather, as long as they are mulched. All that is, with the exception of possibly #6 and then it might be pushing it, but hey, don't we push anyway!!?!?!! |
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08-25-2008, 11:12 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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Re: Ginger Identification
Good job Randy. There is a possibility that #5 is something other than Zedoaria. There are several other Curcumas with a maroon stripe like Inodora and Aeruginosa. I have all three and if I didn't have tags in the ground, I would forget which are which without seeing the blooms. The Costus could also be Spicatus if the seller said it was hardy in Zone 8. Tough to tell without blooms.
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Re: Ginger Identification
I was wrong about this one. I went to check for a tag on mine and can't find it so I checked through my notes. I know mine is Curcuma Panama Purple. I looked up the Curcuma zedoaria and the foliage does look like the picture too, Randy. Steve, you may be right too as there are so many different kinds of gingers/ Curcuma.
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Thanks everyone for your help! You guys are great! Randy, I appreciate you summarizing the information as well. Does anyone else have any thoughts?
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Re: Ginger Identification
Can't help you with the ident I'm afraid, but I would give garden room to #1 in a heartbeat - never seem that before and it is gorgeous. Congratulations!
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Re: Ginger Identification
Ginger #2 is Hedychium Coronarium, "White Butterfly Ginger". I started with 2 each last year and the year before, of 1-gallon pots of these. Last month, I divided one of the pots and ended up with 8 new pots with a piece of root each, of which 4 had active growth. Now, even the ones without growth have at least two growing plants. They are very fast growers, and the original 4 pots survived the last 2 winters in an unheated greenhouse.
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Please help me as I have trouble telling hedychiums apart without a bloom. Could you please explain how you can tell that this is indeed a coronarium. I have several coronarium and I can't tell it apart from several others that I have... Thanks for the help as I am always looking at learning more about identification. |
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Other Hedychiums have distinct leaf growth habits and color/pattern that are different from the Coronarium, and outside of being able to group them by family, I would not be able to tell which is which. Here are 3 examples, they may be some of what you have: "Unusual plants: Hedychium" |
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Re: Ginger Identification
Ginger #2 may well be Coronarium. It's very hard to tell. That particular picture shows the ginger to have been in a lot of sun. My Coronarium is in mostly shade and the leaves are dark green and much larger. As a general rule, the more sun, the more lightly colored the leaves will be and their shape will have that curled look. Ginger #4 is in bloom and it's definitely a Hedychium. There are dozens of hybrids that bear flowers that color so my guess would be any of the following: Pink V, Ayo, Pink Flame, Kinkako, Gahili. Pink V by far is the most common and is rated for Zone 7.
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