Family Name: Costaceae

Common Name: Scarlet Spiral Flag, Red Button Ginger

CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Division : Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Monocotyledon)

Plant Growth Form : Herbaceous Plant

Lifespan (in Singapore) Perennial

Mode of Nutrition : Autotrophic

Maximum Height : 1 m to 2 m

Maximum Plant Spread / Crown Width : 0.6 m to 1 m

PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION

Light Preference : Semi-Shade

Water Preference : Occasional Misting, Lots of Water

Diseases : It is generally resistant to disease.