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Ginger

Description:

Beautifully colored flowering plant.

Habitat:

This plant was growing near the Playa Hermosa area of Costa Rica

Notes:

A gorgeous flower that's hard not to notice. I think it might be a form of Red Ginger, but I'm not sure. I'll update this spotting as I find out more!

1 Species ID Suggestions

Red Ginger
Alpinia purpurata


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2 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

this is definitely the Alpinia purpurata.....

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Lovely flower!!

Yasser
Spotted by
Yasser

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jun 8, 2011
Submitted on Feb 2, 2012

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