| Description | A large easy to grow patio or indoor plant. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | al-PIN-nee-a)(ze-RUM-bet) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-11 |
| Sunlight | summer months-grow them in part sun to shade, indoors during the winter-full sun |
| Moisture | evenly moist to moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Flowers | pendant, bore on a reddish velvety rachis |
| Leaves | aromatic and heavily variegated |
| Stems | rhizomes |
| Dimensions | In the tropics over 4 feet, as an indoor plant 2-3 feet. |
| Maintenance | Division when the rhizomes fill the pot. |
| Propagation | division |
| Native Site | Taiwan |
| Misc Facts | The name was changed from A.speciosa to A. zerumbet variegata in 1972. The common name comes from the glossy shell pink color of the buds. |
| Author's Notes | The first plant of Variegated Shell Pink Ginger was a large overgrown donated plant. It took a heavy knife to cut and divide the tough rhizomes. It seems to be a very hard plant to kill. |
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