Orange Ginger
Taxonomy
Curcuma aurantiaca
Curcuma
Zingiberaceae
Zingiberales
How to care for Orange Ginger
How often to water your Orange Ginger
every 9
Orange Ginger needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Orange Ginger in your home
a window
Orange Ginger love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Orange Ginger does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Orange Ginger in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Orange Ginger
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Orange Ginger after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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What i'm doing wrong? Why does he look so badly? #Turmeric
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My Turmeric is upset 🥲 I recently moved houses and now my Turmeric plant is (un)thriving 🥹 What can I do? #helpneeded #TurmericPlant #whatdoido
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The stems are turning very light almost white and brown and the leaves are hanging some stems are hanging too. What am I doing wrong?
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My leaves are yellow, I've been out of town. I did water, before I left, today their completely dry. 😔 I'm wondering if there's a chance it will survive. 😔
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Don’t trust tags! 🤪 A few weeks ago I bought what was labeled as “Cone Ginger” from my Walmart’s graveyard. After researching online, I quickly got convinced this was not a Cone Ginger! I went back to the label and saw that the other side had a tiny botanical name printed on it: Curcuma Zedoaria. So this is a Turmeric! 😝 (Google says “White Turmeric”, maybe the root is white?? I didn’t dig to find out…). My recovering Turmeric was ok, but not exactly thriving (the huges leaves were still sort of floppy). As soon as I was able to get my tiny lanai screened, I relocated her outside, and I’m happy to report she’s loving it! Her leaves finally stretched out, and the weird flower recently bloomed… 🤗💖 I think I might plant her in the garden if I can (stupid HOA rules around here! 😒). #MislabelledPlants #DontTrustTheTag #WhiteTurmeric #BlissfulBlooms #ExoticPlants
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How do you all keep this plenty alive? I’ve seriously been struggling to keep this plant a float since summer. I follow the watering tips according ti this app and I keep it outside on my patio. It’s way way smaller than the picture I have on my page now, everytime leaf or flower died I cut it off.
Care Summary for Orange Ginger
Orange Ginger
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.