Globba

Japanese: グロッバ

A perennial plant of the Zingiberaceae family native to Southeast Asia, there are about 80 species. It has a thin underground rhizome and its plant shape resembles ginger. A few species with ornamental flowers are cultivated in greenhouses, and in recent years they are also used as cut flowers. Among them, Globa winitii has a beautiful inflorescence that hangs from the top of a pseudostem with overlapping leaf sheaths. The inflorescence is a compound inflorescence that is just under 20 cm long, with small inflorescences emerging from the wisteria-colored bracts lined up on the flower axis. The corolla is yellow, which contrasts vividly with the color of the bracts. It is propagated by dividing the plant.

Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information

Japanese:

東南アジア原産のショウガ科の多年草で，約80種がある。地下に細い根茎をもち，草姿はショウガに似る。観賞性に富む花をつける少数の種が温室で栽培され，近年は切花としても利用される。なかでも，グロッバ・ウィニティーは葉鞘が巻き重なった偽茎の頂端から下垂する花序が美しい。花序は花軸に並んだ藤紫色の苞から小花序を出して複合花序を構成し，長さ20cm弱。花冠は黄色で苞の色と鮮やかな対比をなす。株分でふやす。

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