How to grow Alpinia

Alpinia

How long does Alpinia take to grow?

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Alpinia Etymology

The genus name Alpinia was named for Prospero Alpino, a 16th century Italian botanist¹

If conditions are right (high humidity and good soil moisture) baby plantlets will germinate in the bracts of old ginger flowers. Eventually the heads will fall to the ground and some of them may take root.²

Other names for Alpinia

ginger lily

Alpinia Roxb.

Footnotes

¹ alpinia, on The Botanary at Dave’s Garden

² Florida Gardener’s guide – Tom MacCubbin/Georgia B. Tasker