Botanical atlas
Dancing Ladies Ginger
Globba winitii
Globba winitii has never really been an herb of the medicine chest, it is a plant of the garden bed and the flower vase. In its native Thailand it has long been grown around homes and temple grounds for the sheer theater of its blooms, cut and gathered for altar offerings and festival decoration much the way other cultures reach for gladiolus or orchids. Its arching stems of shrimp-pink bracts, from which small golden flowers spill and sway, earned it the affectionate name dancing ladies among growers who saw little skirted figures twirling in the wind. It remains, above all, a plant grown to be looked at and shared rather than steeped or eaten.
In tradition.
Globba winitii has never really been an herb of the medicine chest, it is a plant of the garden bed and the flower vase. In its native Thailand it has long been grown around homes and temple grounds for the sheer theater of its blooms, cut and gathered for altar offerings and festival decoration much the way other cultures reach for gladiolus or orchids. Its arching stems of shrimp-pink bracts, from which small golden flowers spill and sway, earned it the affectionate name dancing ladies among growers who saw little skirted figures twirling in the wind. It remains, above all, a plant grown to be looked at and shared rather than steeped or eaten.
The tradition we can stand behind has no household remedy for this plant, so we list none. If that changes as the library grows, this page will grow with it.
Safety.
Dancing ladies ginger is an ornamental with no history as food or medicine, and its sap may mildly irritate sensitive skin; keep pets and children from chewing the leaves or rhizomes.
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