Wednesday 20 October 2010




I still have not managed to ID this species of costus. NParks should really make it a point to positively ID all their plants and have them labelled.

2 comments:

  1. I have a sinking feeling that its the silver form of costus erythrophyllus.

    Or some form of unaccounted-for guanaiensis.

    I m sure the international experts will tell you the same thing.

    Looks to be in the same grex as this:

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/ghundu88/plants/heliconias/IMG_0357-1.jpg

    Ryan

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  2. the silver form of costus erythrophyllus is different.
    http://www.gingersrus.com/images/ImageFrame.php?ImageID=10745

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