| Red Butterfly Ginger |
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| Original date | 8/26/08 10:33 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 19.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-T20 |
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Botanical name: Hedychium deceptum Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Hedychium rubrum
Synonyms: Hedychium rubrum
Red Butterfly Ginger is a very uncommon ginger with
beautiful bright red flowers. In form, the flowers look similar to
those of Butterfly Ginger
Lily. Red Butterfly Ginger is closely related to
Hedychium greenii and has
similar shaped flowers. The differences though are
many. It has a long spike with red bracts, which
alone makes it attractive. It has many more flowers per stem than H.
greenii and is also a fertile species. The plant grows up to 1.2 m
tall. Red Butterfly Ginger is native to NE India.
Flowering: September-October.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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