Kaempferia
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Read about Kaempferia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Kaempferia (Engelbert Kaempfer, 1631-1716, traveled in the Orient, and wrote on Japan). Zingiberaceae. Tuberous- or fleshy-rooted plants, grown for foliage and flowers. Often stemless or apparently so, the few lvs. aggregated at the base and sometimes distichous on the St.: lvs. mostly broader than lanceolate: fls. in a bracted tuft or small cluster in the center of the lf. -clump, or in a peduncled raceme, often large and showy, white, yellow, violet or purple; calyx cylindrical or funnelform, toothed; corolla tubular, exserted, with narrow lobes; staminodia petal- like and the showy parts, one of them being a broad lip; fertile stamen 1.— More than 50 species in Trop. Asia and Afr. Schumann, Engler's Pflan- zenreich, hft. 20 (1904). For cult, see Hedychium and Zingiber. K. lutea, C. H. Wright- Stemless: lvs. 3 or 4 about 9 in. long, oolong, green and glabrous above but paler and pilose beneath: scape 3 1/2in. high; bracts about 8, rounded and green; fls. yellow, the lip entire and orange_-yellow. Penang (India).—K. rosea, Schweinf. Much like K. Kirkii, but said to be more beautiful:rootstock short and fleshy,with many cord-like roots: lvs. about 18 in. long, the blade bright green and plaited:scape 18 in. high, bearing about 6 fls. to many,which are above 2 in. across, brilliant rose-red and open one at a time, with an orange-blotched throat. Cent. Air. Wilhelm Miller. L.H.B.
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