Hedychium hasseltii (Java Butterfly Ginger)

40 (60)cm Java Butterfly Ginger is a small to medium sized species from Western Java (Indonesia), where it occurs as an epiphyte. It has short broad leaves and elegant flower spikes covered with brownish hairs and narrow-petaled white, fragrant flowers fading to yellow with age. Easily grown in pots in any humus rich, well drained substrate in a partially shaded (summer) to sunny (winter) spot and at a minimum of some 20°C throughout the year. VI-VIII.
10 seeds per package.