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Read about Alpinia nutans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Alpinia nutans, Roscoe (Zerúmbet speciosum, Wend).). Shell-flower. Striking plant, reaching 10-12 ft., with long, lanceolate glabrous long-veined lvs.: fls. orchid-like, yellow with pink, sweet-scented, in a long, drooping, terminal, spike-like raceme. E. Indies. G.C. 111.19:301. I.H. 43, p. 259. B.M. 1903. P.M. 13:125. R.H. 1861:51.—Fine for foliage masses, and an old favorite. Said to grow 20 ft. high in S. Calif. in rich soil and with plenty of water, and to bloom continuously.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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