Botanical name: Hedychium thyrsiforme    Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Gandasulium thyrsiforme, Hedychium tocucho, Hedychium heteromallum

Pincushion Ginger Lily is a perennial herb with stem erect, leafy, up to 1.2 m. Leaves are oblong-lanceshaped, long-tailed at tip, finely hairy beneath. Flowers are white, in dense oblong spike, each flower subtended by green cylindric bract. Sepal-cup tubular. 3-toothed. Flower-tube hardly exceeding bract; Petals are linear, 2.5 cm long, Staminodes linear, as long as segments. Lip is clawed, with 2 linear-oblong lobes. Stamens are twice as long as lip, with white filament and linear anther. Pincushion Ginger Lily is found in the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to Sikkim, at altitudes up to 1200 m. Flowering: September.

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