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Butterfly Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

Flowers have white or pink perianths with yellow labella with red spots and stripes.

Habitat:

Native to eastern Asia. limestone and rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this in Cuc Phuong National Park.

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Alpinia zerumbet

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Comments (1)
mr.holmes.88
Thank for your pics, but this park is Cúc Phương (Cuc Phuong), not "Cuc Phoung" ^^ ... welcome to Việt Nam !

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PublishedMay 26, 2011

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