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Etlingera barioensis

Etlingera barioensis is a rhizomatous ginger-family plant from the wet tropical forests of Borneo (Sarawak), grown mainly by specialist collectors. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with consistently moist soil.

Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering slightly in cooler months.
Soil
Rich, free-draining humus-based mix with added organic matter.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Borneo (Sarawak)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Etlingera barioensis is a monocotyledonous plant species described by Axel Dalberg Poulsen. Etlingera barioensis is part of the genus Etlingera and the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Other Etlingera plants

Etlingera albolutea · Etlingera amomoides · Etlingera angustifolia · Etlingera apus-hang · Etlingera araneosa · Etlingera aurantia · Etlingera australasica · Etlingera baculutea · Etlingera balikpapanensis · Etlingera baramensis · Etlingera belalongensis · Etlingera brachychila

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Etlingera barioensis 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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