Hedychium longicornutum

Common name: Hornbill Ginger

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: Thailand, Naratiwat Province

Description: Shoots to 90 cm, leaves green. Inflorescence terminal, bracts cream. Flowers: petals red, labellum and lateral staminodes orange; filament pink with yellow anther.¹

Uses:

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USDA Zone: 9b-11

Source: Mike Bordelon - Smithsonian 1999-084

Provenance:

SI# 1999084
Kress# 99-6329
Kress, W. J., Collins, M., Sukhavanich, N.
Thailand, Naratiwat Province: Waeng District
Harabara National Park between Waeng and Sikirin along border.
5.8058, 101.8167, 23 Apr 1999

Shoots to 90 cm, leaves green.  
Inflorescence terminal, bracts cream.  
Flowers: petals red, labellum and lateral staminodes orange; filament pink with yellow anther.

Restrictions:

Culture:

Will grow throughout winter months.

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Zingiberaceae
• SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
• Tribe: Zingibereae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. Accession information from Smithsonian Institution Botany Greenhouse - added 22 July 2014
2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016.

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