Help identify...ordchid? (1 Viewer)

[goldfinch]

Hello,

I hope someone can help me identify this flower.... I was told it was
called a "Slipper Orchid".

Thanks for your help!

Linda

 

[steve_nova]

This is not an Orchid (Orchidaceae) but a member of the Ginger family (Zingiberaceae). As to the actual genus, I have seen it before but can't remember it. I will research it for you.

 

[steve_nova]

Possibly in the genus Alpinia

 

[goldfinch]

Ginger?

Possibly in the genus Alpinia

Hi!

Thanks so much!

I'd like to post the photo in the gallery, but I'd really like to be able to
identify it.

Linda

 

[goldfinch]

Ginger

Possibly in the genus Alpinia

Hi Steve....

could it be a Shell Ginger... (alpinia nutans) ?

Linda