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Accession Data:

Hedychium longicornutum Griff. ex Baker

  • Common Name: Hornbill Ginger
  • Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley

  • Country of Origin: Thailand, Naratiwat Province
  • Habitat: Understory of evergreen wet forest along stream; epiphyte

  • Description: Shoots to 90 cm, leaves green. Inflorescence terminal, bracts cream. Flowers: petals red, labellum and lateral staminodes orange; filament pink with yellow anther.1
  • Culture: Epiphyte mix Will grow throughout winter months.
  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400171
  • Source: Mike Bordelon - Smithsonian 1999-084
  • Provenance:
    SI# 1999084
    Kress# 99-6329
    Kress, W. J., Collins, M., Sukhavanich, N.
    Thailand, Naratiwat Province: Waeng District
    Harabara National Park between Waeng and Sikirin along border.
    5.8058, 101.8167, 23 Apr 1999
    
    Shoots to 90 cm, leaves green.  
    Inflorescence terminal, bracts cream.  
    Flowers: petals red, labellum and lateral staminodes orange; filament pink with yellow anther.
    
  • Accession Date: 07-22-2014
  • Bench: 1216 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-12-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Zingiberaceae
  • SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
  • Tribe: Zingibereae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Thailand / Malaya

References (external):

  1. Accession information from Smithsonian Institution Botany Greenhouse - added 22 July 2014
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:13:48 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Hedychium longicornutum

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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