Alpinia speciosa

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: Shell-flower (Alpinia speciosa): Shell-flower is commonly called shell ginger or shellflower because its individual shell pink flowers, particularly when in bud, resemble sea shells. It is distinguished from other members of the ginger family by the fact that its flowers droop from the ends of leafy stems rather than rise directly from plant rhizomes. The fragrant flowers are waxy; light pink flower buds open to tubular flowers with yellow inside lips and red throats. The plant produces lance-shaped green leaves to 2' long and 5" wide. Date: 6 December 2007, 00:00. Source: Shell-flower (Alpinia speciosa). Author: Cliff from Arlington, VA (Outside Washington DC), USA.