Hedychium Ginger Identification Form
By Barbara Ward (MSBarbara) on August 2, 2010
| This is the first draft of a form for Hedychium ginger collectors to help identify gingers. Please cMail me with any comments and additions or corrections and feel free to download and print the form to use in your ginger identification. If you would like to help with working on the Ginger Cubits database, which will include more detailed information about Hedychiums than generally available to collectors, please cMail me. This is a project that will benefit every ginger collector. Barbara |
Hedychium Ginger Descriptions
Hedychium_________________________________________________________________ COLOR FOR CHART: _____________________ (white, cream, yellow, pink, peach, apricot) LOCATION PLANTED: _____________________________________________________________ PLANT HEIGHT: ______________ft. FLOWER SPIKE: ______inches tall _________inches wide. Flower spike shape: Column _________Beehive ____________Other: __________________________ Tightly bunched flowers on spike ________ Loose/open arrangement on spike________ Flowers arranged parallel vertical lines on flower spike _________ LABELLUM Color: ___________________ in. tall _________in. wide______ Length flower protrudes from bracts_______inches.
Shape: __________________________________________________________________________ (Use space above to write a description of shape or draw one.) Shape: divided: ________, undivided: _________overlaps________, heart _______ butterfly: _______, Coccineum: _______ Shine: shiny______ not shiny________ THROAT COLOR: _________________________________________________________________ LATERAL STAMINODES Length: ____________inches 2. Width: ______________inches
Shape: __________________________________________________________________________ (Use space above to write a description of shape or draw one.) PETAL color__________________ length _______inches. shape: thick: _______, thin: ________, straight: _________, wavy: ____________ BUD color ____________________ FILAMENT Color: ____________________________ Length: _________inches. ANTHER Color: ___________________ FRAGRANCE: None: _______ Mild: _______ Med: __________ Strong: _________ My measurement of fragrance: (Mild-nose must touch flower spike to smell) (Medium- can be smelled about one or two inches away) (Strong-can smell before adjacent to plant.) Most distinguishing feature(s), if any ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ (Example: Daniel Weeks has yellow bud, filament, anther, and petals.) LEAVES Color: light green ______ medium green______ dark green_____ blue-green______ gray-green______ Width: _______ inches. PSEUDOSTEMS: upright ________ arching ______ thin______ thick______ Distinguishing feature(s) pseudostem or leaves: ____________________________________________________________________________________ (Example: new PSEUDOSTEMS on plant are wine.) Growing Conditions: Zone__________ Sun__________ Shade_________Dry________Moist_________Greenhouse__________ |
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