Kaempferia roscoeana
Kaempferia roscoeana, peacock ginger, has beautifully marked oval leaves and lavender flowers with white eyes.
Description:
Kaempferia roscoeana is a showy peacock ginger from Myanmar and Thailand with oval leaves beautifully marked with patterns of silver and maroon. It has inch wide lavender flowers with white eyes. Grown as a ground cover in the tropics, it is a rare houseplant for all of us in Canada. It will most likely go dormant indoors for 2-3 months. Let it dry out and water only sparingly to keep soil off-dry until spring.
Common Name: Peacock Ginger - [Summer B&B Pre-Order]
Family: Zingiberaceae (The Ginger Family)
Zone Hardiness: 10-12
Light: Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 8-12"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Deciduous
Type: Tender
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour: Red
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Moist forest understoreys up to 6000 feet in northeast India
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Southeast Asia
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