Introduction and maintenance of Ginger Flower (Butterfly Lily, Suihua Shannai, Ginger Orchid)

Ginger flower (butterfly lily, Suihua Shannai, ginger orchid)

Scientific name: hedychium coronarium

Aliases: wild ginger, butterfly ginger, paniculata, butterfly, white butterfly, fragrant snow, night cold, turmeric, turmeric

Morphological features: the underground stem is massive and fragrant, shaped like ginger. Leaves long elliptic-lanceolate, sessile, parallel veined, smooth, abaxially with long hairs. Terminal dense spike, protected by large bracts, each inflorescence with 10-15 flowers, white, yellow, red, orange and other colors.

Ecological habits: like light, resistant to half shade, not resistant to cold, like warm and humid climate. It grows well in the slightly acidic and fertile sandy loam, the winter temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius, the aboveground part withered, and the underground ginger dormancy overwintering.

Florescence: from May to November.

Flower language: trust, nobility and elegance, simplicity.

Garden uses: cut flowers, planted by roadsides, lawns, streams, rockery and pools.

Medicinal efficacy: rhizome and fruit are used as medicine, with the functions of warming the stomach, relieving surface, dispelling wind and dispelling cold, warming menstruation and relieving pain, dispelling cold and so on.

Ginger flower (butterfly lily, Suihua Shannai, ginger orchid)

Scientific name: Hedychium coronarium

Aliases: wild ginger, butterfly ginger, paniculata, butterfly, white butterfly, fragrant snow, night cold, turmeric, turmeric

Morphological features: the underground stem is massive and fragrant, shaped like ginger. Leaves long elliptic-lanceolate, sessile, parallel veined, smooth, abaxially with long hairs. Terminal dense spikes, protected by large bracts, each inflorescence with 10-15 flowers, white, yellow, red, orange and other colors.

Ecological habits: like light, resistant to half shade, not resistant to cold, like warm and humid climate. It grows well in the slightly acidic and fertile sandy loam, the winter temperature drops below 10 ℃, the aboveground part withered, and the underground ginger dormancy overwintering.

Florescence: from May to November.

Flower language: trust, nobility and elegance, simplicity.

Garden uses: cut flowers, planted by roadsides, lawns, streams, rockery and pools.

Medicinal efficacy: rhizome and fruit are used as medicine, with the functions of warming the stomach, relieving surface, dispelling wind and dispelling cold, warming menstruation and relieving pain, dispelling cold and so on.