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{{SPlantbox
| name = ''Zingiber spectabile''
|familia=Zingiberaceae
| common_names = Beehive ginger
|genus=Zingiber
| growth_habit = herbaceous clump
|species=spectabile
| high = 5-7ft (1.5-2m) -->
|common_name=Beehive ginger
| wide = 3ft (0.9m) -->
|habit=bulbous
| origin = [[Malaysia]]
|Min ht box=5
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht metric=ft
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht box=7
| exposure = <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| water = regular
|Max wd box=3
| features = flowers, tropical look
|Max wd metric=ft
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
|origin=Malaysia
|lifespan=perennial
| usda_zones = 9-12
|water=moist, moderate
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|features=flowers, foliage
| color = IndianRed
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|Temp Metric=°F
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|min_zone=9
|max_zone=11
|image=Zingiber spec.jpg
|image_width=180
}}
}}
{{Inc|
Zingiber spectabile, Griff. Leafy sts. 6 ft. or more high, robust: lvs. subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at base, obscurely green above, paler pubescent beneath, 8-12 x 3 1/2 in.: spike 8-12 in. long, a little over 2 in. diam., laxly cylindrical, apex rounded; bracts yellow, finally scarlet, apex obtuse: corolla yellowish white, dorsal lobe deep concave, broad, anterior narrower, linear-lanceolate, lip obovate, emarginate, 2-lobed, lemon-yellow, apex almost black, lateral lobes half as long as midlobe, ovate. Malay Penins. B.M. 7967.
}}
''[[Zingiber]] spectabile'' (maybe syn. with [[Z. spectabilis]]) [[Flower]]s (or rather the [[inflorescence]]) are long cylinders, with yellow bracts that turn a scarlet red over time. The actual flowers come out of these bracts in late [[summer]], and are small, whitish-cream, with a double lobed dark purple lip which has yellow spots. Deep green leaves are long, with a lighter green downy on the undersides.
''[[Zingiber]] spectabile'' (maybe syn. with [[Z. spectabilis]]) [[Flower]]s (or rather the [[inflorescence]]) are long cylinders, with yellow bracts that turn a scarlet red over time. The actual flowers come out of these bracts in late [[summer]], and are small, whitish-cream, with a double lobed dark purple lip which has yellow spots. Deep green leaves are long, with a lighter green downy on the undersides.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Starr 080103-1223 Zingiber spectabile.jpg| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Zingiber Beehive.jpg| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
Image:Zingiber spectabile (inflorescense).jpg| photo 3
</gallery>
</gallery>
==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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