Alpinia luteocarpa (Red Bamboo Ginger)
Alpinia luteocarpa (Red Bamboo Ginger) green leaves growing from distinctive red colored stems in soil.
Botanical name: Alpinia luteocarpa
Common name: Red Bamboo Ginger
Family: Zingiberaceae
Origin: Philippines
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-11
Plant form: Large bush
Mature height: 5-10 ft
Sun exposure: Semi-shade; shade
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Regular
Flower color: Red, crimson, vinous
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Foliage color: Ornamental foliage
Foliage: Deciduous
Fragrance: Fragrant; perfume plantThis fragrant ginger looks like a dwarf bamboo bush. This Ginger boasts dark green leaves with red undersides. Bamboo Ginger is also a fragrant ginger that looks like a dwarf bamboo bush with a great clumping habit. Perfect patio container plant. Prefers some shade. Mature height of 2-3'. Reaches 2-3' and produces flowers.
The specific epithet luteocarpa means yellow fruit.
Similar plants: Alpinia luteocarpa (Red Bamboo Ginger)
- Alpinia argentea (Yellow Ginger Lily )
- Alpinia formosana x zerumbet 'Variegata' (Variegated ginger)
- Alpinia galanga (Galanga Root)
- Alpinia gigantifolia (Red Ginger Lily)
- Alpinia henryi ''Pink Perfection'' (Pink porcelain lily)
- Alpinia malaccensis (Rathkihiriya)
- Alpinia nutans (Shell ginger)
- Alpinia officinarum (Lesser Galangal)
- Alpinia purpurata (Red Ginger Lily)
- Alpinia rugosa (Evergreen Broadleaf Ginger)
Alpinia luteocarpa (Red Bamboo Ginger) showing narrow pointed foliage with distinct red and green coloring.
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