Sorry this plant is not available at the moment. Please try again later or select an alternative plant. Description: From a collection I gathered on the Five Fingers trail near Sapa in northern Vietnam in 2011 at 2370m. Where this perennial ginger grew in moist forest conditions, typically on the banks of streams. From reddish rhizomes, only forming short plants 30-40cm tall, of upright slender stems of broad lance-shaped foliage in the wild, taller in cultivation. Bearing in late spring for us, dense cone-shaped inflorescences of white and bright pink orchid-like broad flowers at ground level, in fairly long succession. Best grown in a warm sheltered position in good fertile drained soil. A new unnamed species, which may be segregated to a new genus, with more study.
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