Accession Data
Hedychium forrestii
Family: Zingiberaceae
Country of Origin: C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China
Accession Data
Accession #: 201900196
Accession Date: 2019-07-10
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3210
Quantity: 1
Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996231
Provenance:
Kress# 96-5654 Kress, W. J., Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Yin Yin Kyi Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Pyin Oo Lwin Township Natural Forest Section 21.9936, 95.4658, 20 May 1996 Shoots to 1.5 m., leaves green. Sterile. Breaking dormancy.
Culture: Can be maintained evergreen with light watering in winter, though technically still dormant (no growth). May lose foliage if allowed to dry completely, but this is not mandatory.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, 06 May, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, 06 May, 2019.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01, #02 (originals) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.
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