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Hedychium coccineum
Also called Scarlet Ginger Lily, Butterfly Ginger, Orange Ginger Lily
In Singapore: Red Ginger Lily, Scarlet Ginger Lily, Orange Bottlebrush Ginger, 红姜花 (Grown in Singapore)
Hedychium coccineum is an erect rhizomatous perennial from the ginger family, grown for its showy red to orange spikes of fragrant flowers. It does best in part shade with moist, well-drained soil and a warm, humid climate.
Hedychium coccineum is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is native to southern China (Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan), the Himalayas, India and Indochina. Common names include orange gingerlily, scarlet gingerlily and orange bottlebrush ginger.
This erect herbaceous perennial grows on the edge of forests and in mountain grasslands. It prefers partial sunshine, but can tolerate full sun. The flowers can range in colour from red to orange to almost yellow.
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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]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hedychium coccineum 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.
