Hedychium coccineum
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Hedychium coccineum, also known as orange gingerlily, scarlet gingerlily, and orange bottlebrush ginger), is a species of flowering ginger
. A native of Asia, it grows on the edge of forests and in mountain grasslands. Hedychium coccineumcan prefers partial sunshine, but can tolerate full sun. The flowers can range in colour from red to orange to almost yellow.
Tom Wood developed a number of varieties of Hedychium coccineum including aurantiacum, commercially known as "Orange Bush" or "Flaming Torch", which grows to about 1.5 m. with two close ranks of waxy leaves. The flower spike has six rows of small orange flowers with 7 cm. orange stamens radiating outward.
Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.Many species are important...
. A native of Asia, it grows on the edge of forests and in mountain grasslands. Hedychium coccineumcan prefers partial sunshine, but can tolerate full sun. The flowers can range in colour from red to orange to almost yellow.
Tom Wood developed a number of varieties of Hedychium coccineum including aurantiacum, commercially known as "Orange Bush" or "Flaming Torch", which grows to about 1.5 m. with two close ranks of waxy leaves. The flower spike has six rows of small orange flowers with 7 cm. orange stamens radiating outward.