Crepe ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus

Crepe ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus or Hellenia speciosa. Native to the East Indies (southeast Asia), and introduced via William Rollisson's Tooting nursery. Showy costus, Costus speciosus. Handcoloured engraving from Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, Volume 4, Orr and Smith, London, 1837

1837 Botanical Art Botanical Illustration East Indies Joseph Paxton Magazine Of Botany Orr And Smith Plant Hunter Register Of Flowering Plants Southeast Asia Volume 4 William Rollisson

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