Alpinia Purpurata

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Alpinia purpurata is a rhizomatous perennial from tropical America; it is a very showy flower.
It grows up to 9′ tall and develops into large clumps.
There are 2 (two) varieties: the red – (Jungle king) and the pink one (Jungle queen).
This is a ginger with deep red (pink) spikes of flowers; small white flowers emerge from the bracts of the spike.
It has larger shiny green oblong leaves and very small seeds.
The jungle king and -queen bloom year round and are used as tropical cut flowers.