The catalogue includes Zingiber, Alpinia, Hedychium, Costus, Etlingera, and Heliconia, including running H. Where to buy Gingers and Heliconias in QldĮl Arish Tropical Exotics supplies an extensive range of Heliconias & Gingers by retail, wholesale & mail order. Source: Qld fruit fly scientists in race against time (June, 2011) Older news at bottom of page.

One potenial method involves using an extract of ginger called zingerone to lure male fruit flies into traps. Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology are looking for alternatives to conventional chemicals to control Queensland fruit fly. News Ginger could be new weapon against fruit fly Most are grown for their flamboyant flowers, although the bold, tropical-look foliage is foliage is also appealing. They are frequently discussed together because they're all tropical plants which produce flowers and foliage from stems that run in or on the ground (rhizomes). The so-called 'Blue Ginger' ( Dichorisandra thyrsiflora) belongs to Commelinaceae. This is a broad group including plants of the families Heliconiaceae, Costaceae and Zingiberaceae. Ornamental Gingers and Heliconias including Cucurma, Alpinia, Hedychium, Dichorisandra, Zingiber, Globba, Etlingera, Elettaria and Costus

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