Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Costus dubius
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
May 14, 1987
Determiner:
David H. Lorence 6/2000
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
The National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Plant Description:
Stems to 7 ft.; leaf sheaths green w/ burgandy mottling; leaves glossy, dark yellow-green, w/ yellow-green veins above, below dull, yellow-green w/ darker veination; inflorescence stalk green w/ reddish mottling that is especially prominent near base; young bracts whitish-green at base becoming darker green w/ dark green veins; scarious margin faintly reddish tinted; generally only 1 open flower/ inflorescence, w/ only inner tepals & staminodes exerted. After flowering outer tepals exert, first whitish green then becoming almost completely mottled red with age; floral bracts pale yellow-green, membranaceous, darker green near apex; inner tepals white becoming cream near base; labellum with yellow center from base to margin, becoming white along edges. Functional stamen creamy white. Orig. material received from Cairns City Council. NTBG acc.#770059001
From Accession #:
770059001
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Habitat:
Cultivated plants.
Comments:
Specimen consists of three sheets - 043701, 043702 & 043703
Date of Record Creation:
May 17, 2012
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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