Delicate Shell Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet) flowers hang in a cluster, looking like little white waxy curled-up seashells with pink tips.
Description

Shell Ginger (Alpinia zerumbet) flowers look like clusters of little white waxy curled-up seashells with pink tips. When the flowers open up they show an unexpected interior of dark yellow with a network of crimson filigree. Taken on the grounds of the Hono Hu'Aka Tropical Plantation on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

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Camera: NIKON D100
Lens: 55 mm f/2.8
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: f10
Shutter Speed: 1/1000s
ISO: 1000
Date: 2004-09-22
Time: 09:20:02

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alpinia zerumbet, botanical, butterfly ginger, exotic, flora, floral, flowers, ginger, hawaii, hono hu'aka tropical plantation, light galangal, maui, nature, pink, pink porcelain lily, red, shell flower, shell ginger, tropical, variegated ginger, white, wildflowers, yellow