Please could someone identify this plant?

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Marianne de Nazareth

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Apr 16, 2011, 8:51:12 AM4/16/11
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Please could someone identify this plant? It gets pretty purple flowers later. I would like to know both the botainical and the common name please?

The single leaf plant on the right which has a striking pattern.


Thanks a lot!


Marianne 

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Neil Soares

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Apr 16, 2011, 9:00:57 AM4/16/11
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Hi Marianne,
 This is Kaempferia pulchra.
                Regards,
                 Neil Soares.

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Apr 16, 2011, 1:53:56 PM4/16/11
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Kaempferia or Maranta.
Pankaj


On Apr 16, 6:00 pm, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Marianne,
>  This is Kaempferia pulchra.
>                 Regards,
>                  Neil Soares.
>
> --- On Sat, 4/16/11, Marianne de Nazareth <mde.nazar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Pudji Widodo

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Apr 16, 2011, 10:21:14 PM4/16/11
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Dear Marianne,

Accepted name:
Kaempferia elegans (Wall.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 222
(1890).,
Synonym: Kaempferia pulchra Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc.
32: 107 (1899).

Pudji Widodo
Fakultas Biologi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
PURWOKERTO 53122 INDONESIA

Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 16, 2011, 11:56:54 PM4/16/11
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Yes K. elegans is the accepted name


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