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Ginger flower

costus barbatus

Photo by auntnance123
Published on Project Noah
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28.3861, -80.742

Field Notes

Habitat:

spotted in a friend's garden

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Costus barbatus

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
auntnance123
Johnathan thanks for the tip. It is not a true ginger but a costus, or spiral ginger.
Jonathan Sequeira
This looks like Costus sp , I will like to see more of the leaves, Costus are a little close to gingers but no fragance in the plant...

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