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  Alpinia formosana 'Pinstripe'

ht: 5 ft.
fc: white and red
lc: secondary veins white, giving a pinstripe look
ns: a plant sold as the species often has a similar look.
so: Excelsa Gardens

  Alpinia formosana 'Variegata'

lc: variegated

  Alpinia intermedia 'Sun Spice' (2/5)

ht: 18 in.
lc: striped and sectored light yellow to 80% of surface, very stable chimera
fc: white
fq: sometimes sparsely born
ch: USDA 8
so, in: Asiatica Nursery (online catalog 2005)

  Alpinia japonica 'Extra Spicy' (2/5)

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Juniper Level Botanical Garden. July 2005.

lc: striped and mottled white to 55% of surface
ch: USDA 8a
so, in: Asiatica Nursery (online catalog 2005)

  Alpinia japonica 'Peppermint Stick'

fc: red and white striped
lm: long, undulate blades

  Alpinia japonica 'Suo Sha'

fc: white and red
infl: to 15 in.

  Alpinia kamatake 'Variegata'

lc: striped yellow
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Siebundo Shinkosha Pub. Ltd.

  Alpinia 'Kinisiana' = A. japonica or perhaps clone of it.

 

  Alpinia nutans [narrowleaf form] = A. speciosa [narrowleaf form]

 

  Alpinia oxyphylla 'Pink Sensation'

ht: 3-5 ft.
fc: cream and pink
infl: spike drooping
lv: pubescent leaf
lm: undulate, showy
or: collected in China

  Alpinia pumila 'Silver Lance' (7/5)

ha: stoloniferous, creeping
lc: dark green with narrow silver bands
or: Tom Wood

  Alpinia purpurata 'Anne Hironaka'

ns: a listed name. Description needed.

  Alpinia purpurata [double red] = 'Tahitian Double'

 

  Alpinia purpurata 'Eileen McDonald' ('Aillen McDonald')

fc: light pink, redder at the base

  Alpinia purpurata 'Hot Pink' = 'Kimi'

 

  Alpinia purpurata 'Jungle King'

ht: 12 ft.
fc: red and white
fd: inflor. up to twice the typical species' dimensions

  Alpinia purpurata 'Jungle Queen'

fc: pink and white - 'Jungle King' is red and white
fd: inflor. much larger, up to twice species' typical

  Alpinia purpurata 'Kazu'

ht: 8-9 ft.
fc: pink

  Alpinia purpurata 'Kimi' ('Hot Pink')

ht: 4-8 ft.
fc: lavender-pink, white inside scales, base is a glowing hot pink
ns: the name Kimi has been used also as a cultivar series.

  Alpinia purpurata 'Peachy Pink'

lc: peach pink
ns: said to be part of the Kimi Series.

  Alpinia purpurata 'Polynesian Princess'

ht: 8-9 ft.
fc: pink variegated bracts

  Alpinia purpurata [red, red form]

fc: mostly red

  Alpinia purpurata 'Red Dwarf'

ht: 3-4 ft.
fc: red

  Alpinia purpurata 'Rosea' ('Pink'?)

fc: rich pink

  Alpinia purpurata 'Rosy Dawn'

fc: rose pink
ns: said to be part of the Kimi Series.

  Alpinia raffessiana [splashed]

lc: "splashed"
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Siebundo Shinkosha Pub. Ltd.

  Alpinia purpurata 'Strawberries and Cream'

ht: 8-9 ft. - one report says 36 in.
fc: pink, bracts white with frosted pink to reddish margins and pink markings
or: Tom Wood

  Alpinia purpurata 'Tahitian Double' (double red, 'Flore Pleno')

ht: 4 ft.
fc: red
ft: double type

  Alpinia purpurata 'Tomi'

ht: 6-10 ft.
fc: light pink, tips white

  Alpinia purpurata 'Variegata'

lc: margined white, sometimes striped white also
fc: cerise bracts on a white flower

  Alpinia sanderae [white splashed] = species?

lc: striped white along the secondary veins and margined white, 30-50% of surface
ns: the species is variegated. It is unclear of Yokoi and Hirose have another clone or not.
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Siebundo Shinkosha Pub. Ltd.

  Alpinia sanderae 'Variegata'

lc: striped and margined white
ns: Glasshouse works says this is also sold as A. vittata (sterile) and A. oceana. It

  Alpinia speciosa 'Chinese Beauty' ('Variegata Chinese Beauty' invalid)('Yu Hwa')

ht: 7-8 ft. where hardy outdoors
lc: dark glossy green with light green marbling
fc: pink and white, often showy
ns: the Chinese name for it 'Yu Hwa' may prove to be the first valid cultivar name.

  Alpinia speciosa [narrowleaf form]

lw: narrower blades than species typical
ns: we have only seen if offered under A. nutans. As that is synonym of A. speciosa we assume it belongs here.

  Alpinia speciosa 'Variegata' (A. zerumbet 'Variegata')

lc: creamy-yellow striped to 50% of surface
lu: popular shrub in Hawaii and seen widely in the US foliage trade, where it often ends up suffering in some
lu: dry office or home. Best with a greenhouse but it can be used as temporary foliage plant given how low
lu: priced they have become. It is useful in flower arrangements also.

  Alpinia speciosa 'Variegated Dwarf' ('Variegata Dwarf' invalid)

ht: 12 in. shorter than 'Variegata', making a more suitable house or greenhouse plant where space is limited
lc: as 'Variegata'

  Alpinia speciosa 'Wagner's Lime Streaker'

lc: striped lime green
or: Dale Wagner
in: Glasshouse Works (Catalog 1997: no pagination)

  Alpinia tricolor [white-yellow splashed]

lc: mottled cream
li: Yokoi, M. and Y. Hirose. 1978. Variegated Plants. Siebundo Shinkosha Pub. Ltd.

  Alpinia 'Waimanalo'

lc: banded cream and lime green
ls: rugose, fluted blade
li: Glasshouse Works Catalog 1990, no pagination; Catalog 1992: 14

  Alpinia zerumbet = A. speciosa