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−| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]+| classis = [[Liliopsida]]+| ordo = [[Zingiberales]]+| familia = [[Zingiberaceae]]+| genus = ''[[Roscoea]]''+
−| subdivision_ranks = Species+| subdivision = +See text.+
+'''''Roscoea''''' is a genus of [[perennial plant]]s of the family ''[[Zingiberaceae]]''. They are native to [[China]] and [[Himalayas]] and related to a [[ginger]] plant. The ''Roscoea'' flowers resemble an [[orchid]]. There are 18 species in this genus.<ref name="Botanica 801">"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 801 Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0</ref>
{{reflist}}+* [http://planteliste.net/slides/roscoea_humeana.html Picture of ''Roscoea humeana'']+
−* http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Roscoea+
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+{{SPlantbox
−| color = lightgreen
+|familia=Zingiberaceae
−| name = ''Roscoea''
+|genus=Roscoea
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+|Min ht metric=cm
−| image_width = 200px
+|Temp Metric=°F
−| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+|jumpin=This is the plant information box - for information on light; water; zones; height; etc. If it is mostly empty you can help grow this page by clicking on the edit tab and filling in the blanks!
−|image=Roscoea purpurea 20070810-1338-183.jpg
−|image_width=180
−|image_caption=R. purpurea
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−'''''Roscoea''''' is a genus of [[perennial plant]]s of the family ''[[Zingiberaceae]]''. They are native to [[China]] and [[Himalayas]] and related to a [[ginger]] plant. The ''Roscoea'' flowers resemble an [[orchid]]. There are 18 species in this genus.<ref name="Botanica 801">"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 801 Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0</ref>
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+{{Inc|
−Roscoea (named after Wm. Roscoe, 1753-1831). Zingiberaceae. Half-hardy perennial herbs often grown in the warmhouse, but also used for border planting.
−Roots thick, fleshy, and fascicled: lvs. lanceolate or oblong: infl. in terminal spikes; bracts persistent, 1-fld.; fls. purple, blue, or yellow; calyx long, tubular, slit down one side; corolla-tube slender, lateral segms. spreading, upper broad, cucullate, erect; lateral staminoides oblanceolate, petaloid, erect, lip large, cuneate, deflexed, 2-cleft or emarginate; ovary 3-celled: caps, cylindric or clavate.—About 15 species, Himalaya region and China. Roscoeas thrive in light turfy loam and are prop. by division. R. purpurea is the species best known in cultivation.
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Roscoea ?Beesiana- this is Lyn=92s image of a plant she obtained as = R cautleoides which we think may be the hybrid R Beesiana, said to have variable violet striping.
Roscoea ?Beesiana- this is Lyn=92s image of a plant she obtained as = R cautleoides which we think may be the hybrid R Beesiana, said to have variable violet striping.
−==Some species==
+==Cultivation==
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+===Propagation===
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+===Pests and diseases===
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+==Varieties==
+Some species:
* [[Roscoea cautleoides]]
* [[Roscoea cautleoides]]
* [[Roscoea humeana]]
* [[Roscoea humeana]]
* [[Roscoea purpurea]]
* [[Roscoea purpurea]]
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+==Gallery==
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+<gallery perrow=5>
+Image:Upload.png| photo 1
+Image:Upload.png| photo 2
+Image:Upload.png| photo 3
+</gallery>
==References==
==References==
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+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
+<!--- xxxxx *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 *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
−* [http://www.asianflora.com/Zingiberaceae/Roscoea-cautleoides.htm Pictures of ''Roscoea cautleoides'']
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