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Cornukaempferia larsenii

Cornukaempferia larsenii is a small rhizomatous geophyte in the ginger family from seasonally dry tropical forests of northeast Thailand and Laos. It is a rarely grown plant, so care depends on mimicking its dry-season dormancy and wet-season growth.

Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and keep nearly dry while dormant.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich mix with some sand or perlite.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Thailand to Laos
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cornukaempferia larsenii is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Piyaporn Saensouk.

It is named after Danish botanist Kai Larsen.

Other Cornukaempferia plants

Cornukaempferia aurantiflora · Cornukaempferia longipetiolata · Cornukaempferia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cornukaempferia larsenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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