Alpinia purpurata

Alpinia purpurata

Biggest Plant Dictionary  | Alpinia purpurata | 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. Red ginger can also be grown in South Florida since, in general, the region does not fall below freezing temperatures. It prefers partial shade and moist humid conditions, although it can tolerate full sun in some climates. It tends to like to be well watered and not left to dry out. 

Alpinia purpurata

Common name
Red ginger, jungle queen, jungle king, opuhi uteute, gengibre rojo, Tahitian Ginger, Ostrich Plume.

Alpinia purpurata

Culture
Partial sun / light shade, well drained, moist soil. An excellent tropical container plant; grows best above 50° F. Keep the growing area humid. It can be used in tropical cut flower arrangement. 

Alpinia purpurata

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.

Alpinia purpurata