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Red Cone Ginger Beautiful and pure red flower found in Costa Rica. Alpinia purpurata,Costa Rica,Flora,Plants,Red Cone Ginger,Red Ginger Click/tap to enlarge

Red Cone Ginger

Beautiful and pure red flower found in Costa Rica.

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Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata), also called Ostrich Plume and Pink Cone Ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top.

Its two varieties are called Jungle King and Jungle Queen. Red Ginger grows in Hawaii, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, and many Central American nations, including Belize. It is also found.. more

Similar species: Gingers, Bananas, Etc.
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jun 22, 2011. Captured Apr 18, 2008 12:52.
  • DSLR-A100
  • ISO400
  • 110mm