Purple flowers with an orchid like appearance

Roscoea tibetica Narrow leaved form

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Purple flowers with an orchid like appearance
  • Purple flowers with an orchid like appearance
  • Purple flowers with an orchid like appearance
Roscoea tibetica Narrow leaved form

Roscoea tibetica Narrow leaved form

rotinale

Type: Herbaceous woodlander
Family: Zingiberaceae
Flower Colour: Purple
Flowering Season: Summer
Size: up to 10 cms high
Origin: Asia
Preferred Conditions: Moist, well drained soil
Preferred Aspect: Partial Shade
Additional Feature: Foliage effect
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An exotic looking herbaceous perennial from Tibet with strap-shaped leaves from short stems rising late in the year. The leaves are a pale green and narrower than normal at around 1 cm wide with prominent veining reaching around 10 cms long. The flowers are the main interest being very much orchid-like in appearance. A single large upper petal and two smaller lower petals of a purplish-pink colour. These are borne in loose flower heads often with more than flower present at any one time.

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