My daughter recently purchased a home and the former owner left all of her houseplants as a gift. There are some very nice plants and most I have identified for her but this one I am unsure about. It reminds me of a grass; I have since divided it because the centre portion was dead and woody. Probably something I should recognize but it is alluding me. Can anyone name it?
Thanks.

I wonder if its bamboo. Look at Kumazasa.

You say the center was dead & woody - above the soil or below the soil? What kind of roots does it have? Is there any kind of underground tuber, corm, or rhizome? What's the height (& what size pot is that)?

It maybe ginger.

Iochroma said:It maybe ginger.

That's what I was thinking, tho, I don't know anything about gingers. That's why I asked about the root type, tho, to try to narrow it down and rule out any obvious "nots".

It sure looks like Common Ginger (Zingiber officinale) to me.




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Carter said:You say the center was dead & woody - above the soil or below the soil? What kind of roots does it have? Is there any kind of underground tuber, corm, or rhizome? What's the height (& what size pot is that)?

Thank you for your reply!The woody and dead center was above the soil line. I had to use a sharp knife to divide it as I couldn't tear it apart with my hands. They do seem to have a smaller rhizome at the base of the stems with attached roots. There is no scent however, which I would think there would be with ginger? To me it looks like a type of grass; I do grow a variety of perennial Ornamental grasses and it is similar. Although it has a rhizome structure it doesn't look at all like ginger to me as well. The pot is 10" in diameter and the plant is about 18-24 " from the soil line at it's highest point.

Thanks, @DebbieC. Can you get a pic (or pics) of the base & root rhizome area?