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Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years     Gina1960 Jun 7, 2020 11:07 AM CST |
Signal flower on the 3D and the first leaf breaking ground...this one is ALWAYS the last to emerge of all my Kaempferias Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Northern NJ (Zone 6b)  LorettaNJ Aug 1, 2020 9:15 PM CST |
| Another beauty Kaempferia are new to me. How hard is it to grow? |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Aug 2, 2020 5:13 AM CST |
| Not hard. It is a clumping type, but slow. I have a better photo I can take Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Northern NJ (Zone 6b) LorettaNJ Aug 2, 2020 11:27 AM CST |
| Awesome. So is this the herb ginseng? |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Aug 2, 2020 1:37 PM CST |
| No, its a Kaempheria ginger. There is a species called gilbertii, and a much more colorful variety of that species called gilbertii 3D Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Aug 2, 2020 1:48 PM CST |
This is the clump today. Its not a fast spreader. It can take several years to get a nice clump, because of course these are deciduous and go dormant in winter Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Northern NJ (Zone 6b) LorettaNJ Aug 3, 2020 7:17 AM CST |
| Slow is good. That means you have room for more plants. So these you can grow outside in FL? Nice variegation. |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Aug 3, 2020 8:17 AM CST |
| Yes we can grow all the Kaempferias, Curcumas, Hedychiums, most of the Alpinias, many of the Costus outside here. We cannot grow the Etlingeras in my zone reliably. There are some COstus and some Alpinia that are iffy here but most of them are fine. Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
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