Native to India, but known as True Cardamon and widely planted for that spice. Naturalized in parts of the Neotropics. Photo from Jatun Sacha gardens, Ecuador.
Hedychium gardnerianumKahili ginger. Grows in nature in the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Kahili ginger is regarded as one the 100 most invasive species in the world by the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group.. It is a serious weed in Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Azores. Some research indicates the villosin, a compound found in H. gardnerianum, may be of use in treatment of small cell lung cancer. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA where it grows as a pot plant.
Showing the dwarfing of the Torch Ginger flower-head by its giant plant. Known as Boca del Dragon here in Nicaragua and as Honje in its native Indonesia.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/gingers/index.html
Khler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erluterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Khler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303314