#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is Alpinia caerulea. This plant was seen in the Nature Park at Port Moresby. Whereas the origin cannot be ascertained, it is likely native in southern Papua New Guinea though much more common along the east coast of Australia at least as far south as Sydney.
#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is Hellwigia pulchra reinstated 22 Aug 2025 by Senjaya & al. in PhytoKeys 261: 233–273. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.261.151948
Now 76 names in Alpinia are combined in Hellwigia, we are a big step closer to having the taxonomy of Alpinia reflecting evolution.
Molecular and morphological data support the 'Carolinensis' clade of 𝐴𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎 as a distinct evolutionary lineage. Researchers reinstate 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑤𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑎 as the generic name for this clade.
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#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is #Etlingera minor flowering today in a glasshouse @rbgedinburgh #Edinburgh: https://t.co/7BCuUBr0SV This species is endemic in the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, where I it collected it in 2004.
#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is Alpinia arachniformis that we collected in New Ireland during two expeditions in 2013 and 2013 collaborating with PNG Forest Research Institute and local communities. Published 17 Apr 2025 in Webbia: https://t.co/btX5VziIFY
Thank you to Stephen Lyus (@sinogrande), the @LivBotTrust_, and the University of Liverpool John Moores for organising a great spicey ginger seminar and for the warm welcome and positive feedback from the audience in Croxteth Hall!
#gingerplantoftheweek is #Tapeinochilos pubescens (Costaceae) from Papua New Guinea flowering now @TheBotanics in Edinburgh: https://t.co/eTAKcY3Lht. This is probably the first time this species, which only occurs in New Guinea, has been cultivated and produced flowers in Europe.
#GingerPlantOfTheWeek flowering today @TheBotanics, Edinburgh, is #Alpiniazerumbet, a typical ‘shell ginger’ representing a branch of ginger evolution in great need of taxonomic revision!
This plant https://t.co/qxWSvmqvK2 is of unknown origin; the species is widely cultivated.
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@silumanmawas@TheBotanics The flowering shoot of this species is much smaller and far less attractive than E. elatior and has not been recorded as edible. The fleshy aril surrounding the seeds, however, is, with its sweet and rhubarby tang, a great quenching snack in forest 😝
#gingerplantoftheweek is #etlingera polycarpa endemic in Sulawesi now having many fruits in a glasshouse @TheBotanics, Edinburgh: https://t.co/lUsTxdG8I1
The species was collected at Tomohon by the Sarasins in 1894, described by Schumann in 1899 and illustrated in 1904 (shown).