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Hedychium coccineum images
There are more images under Hedychium aurantiacum and Hedychium coccineum 'Tara'.
There are many forms of Hedychium coccineum in cultivation, a selection of them is illustrated here.
BSWJ 5238 (from Doi Chiang Dao)
EN 527 (a narrow leaf form)
The scarlet deciduous form
A red rachis form
A dark red form 1
A dark red form 2
From the Savill Garden
"Thai Orange"
"Bangladesh Orange"
'Orange Brush' or 'Disney'
Pink-flowered 'Telstar 4'
'Tara' AGM
BSWJ 5238 (from Doi Chiang Dao) - a Crûg Farm collection
EN 527 (a narrow leaf form) - an Edward Needham collection
The scarlet deciduous form - purchased as Hedychium angustifolium
A red rachis form - obtained form the National Plant Collection® of Hedychium
as Hedychium gracile var. glauca
A dark red form 1 - selected from a batch of seedlings from the
National Plant Collection® of Hedychium. In the second photo
this selection is compared with another seedling from the batch.
A dark red form 2 - another good red from Mark Fillan
"Thai Orange" from Plant Group
"Bangladesh Orange" from Plant Group
'Orange Brush' aka 'Disney' from Tom Wood
Very distinctive distichous foliage but it never flowered for me even under glass.
There are images at Dave Skinner's website
Pink-flowered 'Telstar 4' from Hardy Exotics
last updated 24/09/2008