Foliage plants are beautiful and elegant—closed sheath ginger
(Closed sheath ginger)
Closed sheath ginger
(Velvet leaf closed sheath ginger)
Velvet leaf closed sheath ginger
(Spotted leaf closed sheath ginger)
Spotted leaf closed sheath ginger
Ginger perennial herb
Alias:
Closed sheath ginger: Guangshang land, water banana flower
Origin:
Closed sheath ginger: tropical Asia, China
Velvet leaf closed sheath ginger: Costa Rica
Spotted leaf closed sheath ginger: cultivated species
Closed sheath ginger: the plant height is 2m, the leaves are spirally arranged, there are rhizomes underground, and the leaves are lanceolate.
Velvet leaf closed sheath ginger: the leaf obovate, the apex is short and pointed, and the back of the leaf is densely hairy. The flowers are apical, covered with shingle-like arrangement, and the bracts are pale red. The leaf color is emerald green, shade tolerant, and can be planted in a garden or potted as a houseplant.
Spotted Leaf Ginger Closed Sheath: A variant of Closed Sheath Ginger with a plant height of 50 - 100 cm and a rhizome underground. The leaves are spiral-arranged, oblong to lanceolate, 15 to 20 cm long, with longitudinal stripes of white color near the leaf margin, which is quite beautiful and elegant. The flowers are apical, spike-like, and the corolla is white. Shade-tolerant, suitable for garden landscaping or potted plants,
●Propagation: sowing, dividing or cuttings, spring is the appropriate period.
●Cultivation focus: The cultivation soil quality is preferably fertile sandy loam, the drainage needs to be smooth, and the sunshine is 50% - 70%. Fertilization can be done with a variety of organic fertilizers or nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers, which are applied once every 1-2 months. Prune and prune once every three springs. It likes warm to high temperatures, and grows at a temperature of 16 - 28 °C.