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Etlingera elatior

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Etlingera elatior

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Comments (18)
IanMichaelIleto
Thank you to the both of you. Raavendra for those wonderful words and Ashish for translating ^_^
Ashish
Raavendra's words like.. He has no that much precious words to describe your organism's beauty you have captured in this spotting. He want to congratulate you on submitting such excellent picture of this organism.
IanMichaelIleto
Thanks for the compliment hayde and Ashish ^_^ Sorry Raavendra, you have to translate that for me :(
Ashish
Ian you got great Red colour..!!
hayde
You should sign it for The Color Red mission :)
Raavendra Kumaar Ravi
इस फूल के सौंदर्य की प्रशंसा शब्दों में कर पाना असंभव है! छायाकार को मेरी तरफ से बहुत-बहुत बधाई!
IanMichaelIleto
I think with susan's oops we discovered a flaw(?) in the system that needs to be corrected. typing /edit gives access to anybodys spotting!
IanMichaelIleto
Probably, the wikipedia page shows several similar plants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etlingera_elatior
Ashish
Susan please do not copy URL with edit in end. Anyone will get access to editing your spotting..!!
SusanEllison
is it the same as this one that i found in costa rica? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6309974/edit
Ashish
I think its Etlingera elatior of Zingiberaceae family
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PublishedJune 19, 2011

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