Common
name: Stepladder Ginger
Botanical
name: Costus malortieanus
Family: COSTACEAE (Spiral Ginger
family)
Synonyms: Costus elegans
Stepladder Ginger is a perennial, native to
Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It is an ornamental plant grows to about a meter in
height and shade loving, easily recognized by the broad and dark green velvety foliage.
Inflorescence with green non-appendaged bracts and showy open flowers. The flowers
borne in terminal spikes are yellow striped with red in colour, favourite to
humming birds.
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