#gingerplantoftheweek is #Etlingera hemisphaerica #etlingerahemisphaerica described by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1827 and native in the #FloraOfJava. This particular plant was flowering in the campus of University of Indonesia, Fakultas MIPA, Java.
December 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#gingerplantoftheweek is #Etlingera hemisphaerica #etlingerahemisphaerica described by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1827 and native in the #FloraOfJava. This particular plant was flowering in the campus of University of Indonesia, Fakultas MIPA, Java.
#gingerplantoftheweek is #marantaceae #Calathea (currently placed in #Goeppertia but is it correct?) inocephala that has a white, oil-rich elaiosome below the bluish seeds facilitating ant dispersal. #neotropicalplants
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 PM
#gingerplantoftheweek is #marantaceae #Calathea (currently placed in #Goeppertia but is it correct?) inocephala that has a white, oil-rich elaiosome below the bluish seeds facilitating ant dispersal. #neotropicalplants
#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is #Costusspectabilis an #African #Costaceae flowering today in a glasshouse @rbgedinburgh #19881617 collected in Malawi in 1979. This species occurs in woodland savannas and rocky outcrops in 30 African countries from Egypt to Zimbabwe and Senegal to Tanzania.
April 27, 2026 at 4:05 PM
#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is #Costusspectabilis an #African #Costaceae flowering today in a glasshouse @rbgedinburgh #19881617 collected in Malawi in 1979. This species occurs in woodland savannas and rocky outcrops in 30 African countries from Egypt to Zimbabwe and Senegal to Tanzania.