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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Apinia purpurata 'Jungle Queen' - Pink Ginger



Scientific name: Alpinia purpurata 'Jungle Queen'
Synonym: Guillainia purpurata


Common name: Pink Ginger
Chinese name: 紅花月桃 (hong hua yue tao)
Malay name: Alpinia merah

Family: Zingiberaceae
Origin: South West Pacific
 Category: Perenial herb

Photo taken at: Putrajaya Floria 2010


Note: 
There are some hybrids, e.g. Alpinia purpurata 'Jungle Queen' which has white flowers among its pink bracts and Alpinia purpurata 'Jungle King' has white flowers among red bracts.

1 comment:

  1. I have not come across the pink variety but I still think the red one is more striking

    ReplyDelete

Yay! You like flowers too.

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