Costus osae (dwarf orange ginger)

Japanese name: コスツス オセ
Scientific name: Costus osae

[Overview]
A perennial up to 1.2 m tall.
The leaves are simple, spirally alternate and elliptic, with sparse hairs on the upper surface.
The leaf margins are entire.
A spike at the stem tip bears dull red flowers enclosed in red-colored bracts.
The petals are short and trumpet-shaped, and one staminode develops greatly into a petal-like lip.
The fruit is a capsule.

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