Zingiber zerumbet

Plant Characteristics

Habit		bulbous
Height:	⇕	1.5 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.5. to 2 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
Width:	⇔	1 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	India
Bloom:	❀	late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Water:	◍	moist, moderate
Features:	✓	flowers, fragrance, foliage
Minimum Temp:	☃	-5°C23 °F <br />268.15 K <br />482.67 °R <br />
USDA Zones:		9 to 11

Scientific Names

Zingiberaceae >

Zingiber >

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Read about Zingiber zerumbet in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Zingiber zerumbet, Roscoe. Sts. 12-20 in. high, stout, from a tuberous rhizome: lvs. densely aggregated, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute, both surfaces glabrous or scattered pilose beneath, 3 1/2 – 6 x 2 – 2 3/4 in.: spike subglobose, dense, 2 – 3 1/2 in. long; bracts obtuse, pale green, margins pubescent (sometimes, at least when older, red): calyx spathe-like, white; corolla-tube slender, lobes lanceolate, white, lip short, broadly suborbicular or subovate, pale yellow, tinted orange in the center (sometimes red-spotted), lateral lobes short, rotundate. India and Malaya. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

The large inflorescences are shaped like a cone, at first pale green then turning a strong red. Out of these the white with light yellow lip fragrant flowers bloom in late summer. Cut flowers last long. Stalks and leaves are erect and very ornamental. Dark green shiny leaves are on arching stems. The leaves and stalks are also fragrant.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

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Cultivars

• 'Variegatum (syns. Zingiber darceyi, Z. 'Darceyi') - leaves have cream stripes. Plants are smaller and more frost sensitive.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
• Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381

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