Accession Data:
Hedychium horsfieldii R.Br. ex Wall.
- Common Name:
- Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
- Country of Origin: Java
- Habitat: epiphytic on tree branches
- Description: The chief ornamental feature of this plant is the spectacular and reliably produced display of seed pods. The display of seed is reliable because Hedychium horsfieldii is chasmogamous, that is, the flowers pollinate themselves even before the flower opens. So there is always heavy seed set even under less than ideal growing conditions. The fruits ripen greenish-yellow and then split open to reveal orange ovary walls and masses of seed enclosed in bright red arils. This colour combination is typical Hedychium but it is the size and sheer number of fruits that makes Hedychium horsfieldii such a rewarding plant to grow.1
- Culture: Despite its epiphytic habit in nature, Hedychium horsfieldii adapts happily to life in a pot with ordinary potting compost with a little added grit and does not need to be grown in "orchid compost".1
Can be maintained evergreen with light watering in winter, though technically still dormant (no growth). May lose foliage if allowed to dry completely, but this is not mandatory.
- USDA Zone: 10a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500305
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 3212 - ZING:Research Curcuma
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 05-23-2023
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
- Tribe: Zingibereae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Jawa
References (external):
- Annoted List of Hedychium species
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 12 May 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 12 May 2015
data regenerated on Wed, 24 May 2023 08:09:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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