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Posted by junglegal 10a (My Page) on

Sat, Oct 28, 06 at 15:55

I picked this up from our downtown saturday market and the seller could not ID for me. He thought it put off a flower similar to shampoo ginger. Any help is greatly appreciated!

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Posted by orchidboy01 9b Orlando area (My Page) on
Sat, Oct 28, 06 at 23:57

What a nice plant! You have a Zingiber. Not sure what species or hybrid it is? Could be Zingiber malaysianum "Midnight" If it is that it will be evergreen in your zone. Flowers are borne from the ground and are pink. gets about 3 feet and takes part sun. Hope i'm right. Take care Rob

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Posted by chena z7 Texas (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 29, 06 at 0:34

I don't know what it is but it is beautiful... I wish they had markets like that here..LOL
Blessings
Chena

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Posted by orchidboy01 9b Orlando area (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 29, 06 at 16:00

Hey junglegal. I was looking over the stokes catalog and to me it looks mor like Zingiber vinosum. Glen stokes says it gets 4-6feet tall and goes dormant in the fall. Can be grown either in full or part sun. No mention of flower color but am guessing pink and born from the ground. Hope this helps. Rob

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Posted by surfbreeze 9 TX (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 30, 06 at 7:24

Hi Junglegal -
This is the same plant I found (see link for previous post). My pot was marked 'alpinia' with nothing else. I posted a followup to my original post with a link to a previous discussion on a similar plant. These are apparently making their rounds. I live south of Galveston and found these marked half price at Walmart, as they are space for Christmas decorations. I have Midnight, which is mentioned in your thread which is quite a bit darker.

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Posted by junglegal 10a (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 30, 06 at 8:38

Thanks everyone, I have an ID of Zingiber vinosum. According to gingers R us, this ginger does not go dormant. I was told the same thing by the seller as well.

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Posted by surfbreeze 9 TX (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 30, 06 at 21:12

After a google search that is definitely it! Thanks JG! though I suspect it will surely go dormant here in gulf coast Texas (zone 9)it is great to hear it is cold hardy. My shampoo ginger usually tends to goes dormant here.

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