Curcuma
Genus
Daily
Water Requirement
Orange
Flower Color
Non Fragrant
Fragrance
Summer
Flowering Season
Medium
Maintenance
No
With Pots
Small
Size
Outdoor Shade,Outdoor Sun
Sunlight Requirement
Balcony,Low Maintenance
Use
Jewel of Burma-Orange Ginger
Family
Zingiberaceae
Origin
Thailand
Description
Curcuma roscoeana is a spectacular ginger with glowing orange, cone-shaped inflorescences and tubular white flowers amongst tropical foliage like a banana. The leaves are broadly ovate to elliptic, light green with darker veins, and up to 30 cm long. Inflorescence is always central. Flower-cluster-stalk is 15-28 cm, green, hairless, most of it hidden within the pseudostem.
Siam tulip is a repeat bloomer that produces abundant inflorescences in summer Plants go dormant in winter
Environment
Curcuma Rhizomes prefer medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. For indoor planting make sure your container should contain drainage holes. Some pebbles or little rocks in the bottom of the container can help and improve the drainage. Keep the soil moist but do not overwater. Use humus rich compost with equal quantity of horticultural sand mixed to make the compost well drained and light. Slow release fertilizers can be used.
The best place would be to plant and store the Curcuma plant in a partial shaded area and not too much exposure to direct sunlight, as the Curcuma foliage does not like too much strong sunlight.
Landscape Use
Looks superb grown in groups within the flower bed and border, or equally as effective planted and grown on the patio in pots or containers
