Curcuma roscoeana, Curcuma kurzii, Curcuma coccinea

Flowers cone-shaped, bright orange or yellow, 4-5 inches. Bracts peach-orange to dark read-orange.

It goes dormant in the summer, and produces its lovely long lasting blooms in early autumn.

Similar plants:

• Boesenbergia rotunda, Curcuma rotunda (Chinese Keys, Fingerroot, Lesser Galangal, Chinese Ginger)
• Curcuma alismatifolia (Siam Tulip)
• Curcuma longa (Spice Turmeric, Longevity Spice, Indian Saffron, Tumeric)
• Curcuma sp. (Siam Tulip, Turmeric)
• Hitchenia careyana, Curcuma careyana (Praying Mantle Ginger)