Hedychium coronarium

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Read about Hedychium coronarium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Hedychium coronarium. Koenig. Three to 6 ft.: lvs. canna-like, green, pointed, smooth above, hairy beneath: fls. very large (3-4 in. across), long-tubed, pure white or the lip sometimes blotched green, the 3 outer segms. narrow, the lip large and erect and more or less lobed. Trop. Asia, and naturalized hi some parts of Trop. Amer. B.M. 708. L.B.C. 6:507.—Handsome and worthy. Needs warm quarters. Said to have been sold as Myrosma carnsefolia, but that name belongs to a wholly different plant. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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