Accession Data
Hedychium longicornutum
Common Name: Hornbill Ginger
Family: Zingiberaceae
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
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9b-11
Accession #: 201400171
Accession Date: 2014-07-22 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1216
Quantity: 2
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.
Culture: Will grow throughout winter months.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
Flowering Data:
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References
- Accession information from Smithsonian Institution Botany Greenhouse - added 22 July 2014
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
- 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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