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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
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Bubba Louie Garden Sherpa
Posts : 207 Join date : 2009-04-04 Age : 66 Location : Brisbane
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:11 pm | |
| The first one might be Costus speciosus variegata | |
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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:58 pm | |
| Thanks BL. That's the closest I've been able to find so far, need a flower to be certain. I hope it grows in circles like the one on here http://www.gingersrus.com/DataSheet.php?PID=3238 | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: YE Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:25 pm | |
| The name of the first one is Costus speciosa variegated . Common name crepe ginger ,georgeous flower .I HAVE THE PLAIN GREEN LEAF VARIETY PLUS THE VARIEGATED ONE. Says it grows 6 to 8 feet. THE post I put on with pics of myself on the scooter has a pic of that ginger in it. I'll have a check on the others.No 2 reminds me of Kaempheria | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:28 pm | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:39 pm | |
| The Calathea I've been looking up , there are 2 that have similar patterns Calathea insignis and Calathea lancifolia . But yours has a wider and shorter leaf by the look in the pic. | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:00 pm | |
| Gail check out Kaemphera rotunda. | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:02 pm | |
| http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Kaempferia-rotunda-Round-Rooted-Galangal-1-x-85mm-pot_W0QQitemZ380110347827QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090314?IMSfp=TL0903141210001r884
Sorry forgot the site. | |
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Mary-Anne Unionized Gardener
Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:27 pm | |
| I agree with BL and Gwen about the first one I have it growing too. Costus speciosus .. Variegated Crepe Ginger | |
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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:36 pm | |
| Thanks. I don't think the calathea is either of those two Gwen but both are close... hopefully tomorrow I will have a chance to look through a few different ones and see if I can find it. I wish could've gotten more photos of it but I was in the road of people trying to get past so had to be quick.
The other one looks very close to Kaemferia rotunda. The leaves on the ones I saw seemed longer and softer, seemed to lie down a bit, than any I could find in a search but otherwise look the same so probably it. | |
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Marleneann Garden Sherpa
Posts : 302 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Buderim
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:25 am | |
| That ginger wouldn't be the one they call the shampoo ginger? | |
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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
| Subject: Re: Would love some plant ID help! Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:45 am | |
| That one looks similar too though I'm leaning towards the costus. I'll have to wait for it to flower to be 100% sure. | |
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