Help with identification

Tim Chapman tim@gingerwoodnursery.com
Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:19:17 PDT
The pictured plant is Kaempferia rotunda.  There are no patterned foliage Siphochilus.  Most Siphonochilus have much wider leaves the S aethiopicus and often have blooming spikes. Both K rotunda and S aethiopicus bloom at ground level but K rotunda blooms before the foliage appears, S aethiopicus later in summer. 

Tim Chapman

On Nov 5, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Antigoni Rentzeperis <antigre10@yahoo.gr> wrote:

> Hello all,
>  
> this came as a rhizome of Siphonochilus aethiopicus, but the leaf  is wrong, from what I see in the photo in the Wiki and on the Inet. 
>  
> can someone tell me what it might be ? Is it a Kaempferia ?
>  
> picture of the rhizome
> http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/…
>  
> leaf 
> http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/…
>  
> http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/…
>  
> thank you,
>  
> Antigoni
> 
> Gythio
> Greece
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