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Alpinia purpurata ‘Red’ is simply stunning!
Alpinia purpurata (Red Ginger, Red Ginger Lily, Jungle King/Queen)
Plant Profile, Culture and Propagation :
- Botanical Name: Alpinia purpurata
- Common Name: Red Ginger, Red Ginger Lily, Jungle King, Jungle Queen
- Family name: Zingiberaceae
- Plant type: Tropical flowering shrub (3 feet to 10 feet tall)
- Brief plant info: Prefers semi shade to full morning sun, needing moderate water
- More plant info and images: Check here for some plant info, and feast your eyes on more web images of Alpinia Purpurata here.
Our Alpinia purpurata ‘Red’ with its gorgeous red bracts, sometimes measuring 12 inches in height and commonly known as the Jungle King is different from the Jungle Queen with its pink bracts. They were grown at a strategic place in our garden to be the distinctive accent. Definitely the attention-grabber for about 4 years, beautifying and brightening our front yard with seemingly endless blooms throughout the years. Majestically, they radiate so much joy with their striking red bracts amongst their healthy and shiny green foliage! An amazing sight to behold!
We will never forget this lovely plant even though it had ceased to adorn our garden since August last year! Though sad :( without its physical presence, yet happy that we can still reminisce and enjoy its beauty on our computer and photo albums. :)
Last edited: 2008-06-22
Tags: flowering plants, outdoor plants, perennials, red, shrubs
August 5th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Hi, I was very impressed on your chritmas cactus. I’m just wonder where do you bought this plant, so I can have one too in my garden? I’m phoon from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thanks
August 5th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Christmas cactus? Phoon, do you mean the Red Ginger as seen in the photos above? Well, you can find them sold in most of the garden nurseries around KL and along the Sungai Buloh Road. Anyway, I haven’t visited Sungai Buloh nurseries for quite sometime but someone told me recently that many of them have relocated to Tropicana. All the best in your search though.
February 11th, 2012 at 8:48 am
Received a outstanding floral arrangements; there are few spikes of this red ginger within it. Can I take one of the stalks and propgate into my own plant, and if so how?
February 14th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
I don’t think that is possible, Crissl. Red Ginger is usually propagated by division of its rhizomes or offsets, and even plantlets that grow at the base of the red spikes can be pruned and thrust into soil to form new plants.