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Globba

Globba
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0

Globba is a genus of ginger-family plants with delicate, dancing-shaped flowers, often called dancing ladies. Commonly grown members are tender tropical perennials that need warmth, humidity and rich, moist soil.

Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in the dormant period.
Soil
Rich, well-draining, humus-based mix
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.

[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]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Globba 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.

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