Accession Data:
Hedychium coronarium Koen.
- Common Name: Butterfly Ginger
- Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
- Country of Origin: tropical southeastern Asia
- Description: Pseudostems 1--3 m. Leaves petiole or a stigma, when the style is absent.">sessile; ligule 2--3 cm, membranous; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 20--40 × 4.5--8 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially finely pubescent or thinly hairy, base acute, apex long acuminate. Spikes ellipsoid, 10--20 × 4--8 cm; bracts imbricate, ovate, 4.5--5 × 2.5--4 cm, 2- or 3-flowered. Flowers white, fragrant. Calyx ca. 4 cm, split on 1 side. Corolla tube ca. 8 cm, slender; lobes lanceolate, ca. 5 cm, central one spatulate, apex mucronate. Lateral staminodes oblong-lanceolate, ca. 5 cm. Labellum white, pale yellow at base, obcordate, 4--6 × 4--6 cm, apex 2-cleft. Filament ca. 3 cm; anther ca. 1.5 cm. Ovary sericeous. Fl. Aug--Dec. 2 n = 34.3
- Culture: Can be maintained evergreen with light watering in winter, though technically still dormant (no growth). May lose foliage if allowed to dry completely, but this is not mandatory.
- USDA Zone: 8b-12
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500385
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 3210 - ZING:Amomum/Curcuma
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 09-25-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
- Tribe: Zingibereae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Taiwan / Assam / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam /
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 05, 2016.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 05, 2016.
- Hedychium coronarium at Flora of China. Last accessed Friday, 21 December 2018.
data regenerated on Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:57:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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