A Danish tropical forest botanist currently focusing on plants of the Zingiberales at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🫚🫚🫚https://bsky.app/profile/axelginger.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/axelginger.bsky.social/post/3mkih5hqyqk2e#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is #Costusspectabilis an #African #Costaceae flowering today in a glasshouse @rbgedinburgh #19881617 collected in Malawi in 1979. This species occurs in woodland savannas and rocky outcrops in 30 African countries from Egypt to Zimbabwe and Senegal to Tanzania.27 Apr 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:hd66a223otuu3fhir34psfo6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkih5hqyqk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/axelginger.bsky.social/post/3mivywg24ts2fRare turquoise gem #ginger #plant species described in @phytokeys.pensoft.net See: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.171221 Long-term collaboration between @thebotanics.bsky.social and Indonesian botanical institutions resulted in the discovery of #Hellwigia opalina only found in #Sulawesi, Indonesia.07 Apr 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:hd66a223otuu3fhir34psfo6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivywg24ts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/axelginger.bsky.social/post/3mcvcskkbnk2e#gingerplantoftheweek is #marantaceae #Calathea (currently placed in #Goeppertia but is it correct?) inocephala that has a white, oil-rich elaiosome below the bluish seeds facilitating ant dispersal. #neotropicalplants20 Jan 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:hd66a223otuu3fhir34psfo6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvcskkbnk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/axelginger.bsky.social/post/3maxigkrtvc2p#gingerplantoftheweek is #Etlingera hemisphaerica #etlingerahemisphaerica described by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1827 and native in the #FloraOfJava. This particular plant was flowering in the campus of University of Indonesia, Fakultas MIPA, Java.27 Dec 2025 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:hd66a223otuu3fhir34psfo6/app.bsky.feed.post/3maxigkrtvc2p