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Curcuma roscoeana
Also called Burmese Hidden Lily, Burmese Jewel
In Singapore: Hidden Lily, Pride of Burma, Jewel of Burma (Grown in Singapore)
Curcuma roscoeana is a rhizomatous ginger-family plant from Myanmar and Southeast Asia, grown for its bright orange cone-shaped flower bracts that appear in summer and fall. Keep it warm and humid, and let it rest dry after flowering.
Curcuma roscoeana (also known as jewel of Burma, orange ginger, orange hidden ginger, pride of Burma or Burmese hidden lily) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family.
It is native to Burma, India, Southeast Asia and Malaysia; its wild habitat is threatened.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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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.
