Alpinia sp Very Rare lines the stems with clusters

lines the stems with clusters of small

along a shaded path

a genus named for exactly what it does

which would make the plant a mandarinquat wearing the wrong label

the small white berries most of all

Alpinia sp Very Rare lines the stems with clustersA hardy evergreen ginger of unsettled name, this Alpinia forms dense, upright clumps of lance shaped leaves that hold their fresh green right through the year in a mild climate, bringing a lush, tropical structure to the shade garden. In the warm months, bright yellow flower spikes rise above the foliage for an unexpected lift of color in deep shade. The plant came to Woodlanders by way of Frank Bell, who collected the ginger in 1998 in Sichuan