Alpinia

Alpinia, besides having attractive flowers, is a very beautiful foliage plant, the leaves of which are excellent for cut flower arrangements. It is the National flower of Samoa.

Alpinia Flower Alpinias are very showy and fragrant flowers, which are botanically an inflorescence forming a gigantic ball of flowers. Alpinia can be found in colors from light pinks to deep reds. Alpinias are originally from Malaya, and found throughout the tropical Pacific region.

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Alpinia

Alpinia or Tahitian Ginger has tubular flowers in droopy clusters. Alpinia plant does not produce flowers for the first 3 years, but when they grow, they show huge football sized flowers, blooming all year around.

Varieties of alpinia include Alpinia Purpurata (Red), Alpinia Purpurata (Pink), Alpinia Purpurata “Jungle King” (Red), Alpinia Purpurata “Jungle Queen” (Pink), Alpinia Purpurata “Kimi Ginger”, Alpinia Purpurata “Tomi Pink”, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia Coerulea “Blue Berry Ginger”, “Hanging Pink”, etc.

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Facts About Alpinia

Alpinia or Tahitian Ginger is not a type of edible ginger.
Alpinia plants grow from large rhizomes, and flowers grow on long racemes.
Alpinias are great as cut flowers and are very popular in Hawaiian tropical flower arrangements.
Alpinias have gorgeous leaves with a striking tropical look. These leaves are very popularly used as a foliage in floral arrangements.
An alpinia plant can reach up to 15 feet tall, but usually they are 6-7 feet.
One of the features of Alpinia plant is that the new plants grow in the middle the old flowers, which weigh the flowers down to the ground.
Alpinia flowers tolerates long distance shipping and lasts longer.
Alpinia flowers are primarily pollinated by bees.

Growing Alpinias

Alpinias can be propagated by rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets).

Alpinias prefer bright, indirect light or filtered sun.
Alpinias require moist soil.
Alpinias should be planted with 2 feet apart.
For the best growth, see that the minimum temperature for the plant is 68 F.
Feed the alpinia plant with a balanced water soluble fertilizer after flowering.
Alpinias are not susceptible to serious insect or disease problems. Hence, alpinias are easy to be grown and taken care of.