Filed As:
Zingiberaceae
Meistera propinqua (Ridl.) Škornick. & M.F.Newman
Zingiberaceae
Meistera propinqua (Ridl.) Škornick. & M.F.Newman
All Determinations:
Meistera propinqua (Ridl.) Škornick. & M.F.Newman det. R. V. A. Docot, /09/2023
Etlingera philippinensis (Ridl.) R.M.Sm.
Meistera propinqua (Ridl.) Škornick. & M.F.Newman det. R. V. A. Docot, /09/2023
Etlingera philippinensis (Ridl.) R.M.Sm.
Location:
Philippines. Quezon. Lucban Mun. Lucban, Tayabas Province, Luzon. Alt. 750m. (2461 ft.)
Philippines. Quezon. Lucban Mun. Lucban, Tayabas Province, Luzon. Alt. 750m. (2461 ft.)
Description:
About 2 to 3 meters high; stems 3 to 5 clustered, knoblike and reddish at the base, 1/2 inch thick, green and smooh; the lower 1/3 leafless; leaves thin, much paler green beneath, smaller and more numerous toward the apex, at the base becoming bract like and widely scattering; inflorescence erect and above ground, bracteate, arising from below the bulbose stems; calyx reddish; corolla creamy white, delicate, finely nerved with brown; hood or claw and stamens also pale white.
About 2 to 3 meters high; stems 3 to 5 clustered, knoblike and reddish at the base, 1/2 inch thick, green and smooh; the lower 1/3 leafless; leaves thin, much paler green beneath, smaller and more numerous toward the apex, at the base becoming bract like and widely scattering; inflorescence erect and above ground, bracteate, arising from below the bulbose stems; calyx reddish; corolla creamy white, delicate, finely nerved with brown; hood or claw and stamens also pale white.
Habitat:
along a wooded ravine. in damp soil.
along a wooded ravine. in damp soil.
Other:
Specimen Notes: [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
Specimen Notes: [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 4355571
GUID: 3f8004dd-dedb-43d0-af64-95a193cf695f
NY Barcode: 4355571
GUID: 3f8004dd-dedb-43d0-af64-95a193cf695f