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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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Roscoea (named after Wm. Roscoe, 1753-1831). Zingiberaceae. Half-hardy perennial herbs often grown in the warmhouse, but also used for border planting.
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. Monographed by Schumann in Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 20 (vol. IV:46). Roscoeas thrive in light turfy loam and are prop. by division. R. purpurea is the species best known in cultivation.
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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==Merge this info==
==Merge this info==
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==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
Some species:
* [[Roscoea cautleoides]]
* [[Roscoea cautleoides]]
* [[Roscoea humeana]]
* [[Roscoea humeana]]
* [[Roscoea purpurea]]
* [[Roscoea purpurea]]
==Gallery==
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==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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