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Roscoea purpurea ‘Red Gurkha’
I didn't repot my roscoeas this year and was late in starting to water so they have not done well but some planted outside are doing much better. I have twice tried to grow humeana alba from seed. The first time I think all were white though not such good forms as the one I bought. The second time none were white but I was pleased to get a yellow as well as a pink. they were planted out and were looking good last month.
Roma and Gabriela, beautiful Roscoea's! It is nice to see big clumps.Gabriela, I thought that Roscoea cautleyoides is normally yellow.
The plant shown in the picture is R. schneideriana Herman.But now that you mentioned, R. cautleyoides can also be purple, and various shades in between. I recommend if you can still find it, Jill Cowleybook on Roscoea. It's a good read for the winter time.I bought it when I saw that all my seed grown Roscoea were not what they were supposed to be. It has a lot of great info, history of introduction, habitat descriptions and much more.Excerpts from the book (The Genus Roscoea, Jill Cowley):