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Renealmia cernua
Renealmia cernua is a rhizomatous perennial ginger from the wet tropical forests of southeastern Mexico to tropical South America, grown mainly for its red, nodding flowers. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with steady moisture to thrive.
Renealmia cernua is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It was first described in 1931 by James Francis Macbride. The native range of Renealmia cernua is Southeastern Mexico to Southern Tropical America.
Renealmia cernua typically makes juvenile inflorescences in the beginning of the dry season, and flowers from the late dry season through the rainy season. Fruits mature in the middle to late rainy season.
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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.
