Abstract:A new hybrid with high ornamental characteristics, Alpinia hainanensis ‘Shengzhen’, derived from the generation of the hybrid combination of Alpinia hainanensis K. Schumann, was bred by using hybrid breeding. The female parent with milky white bracteoles was collected from Guangdong in 1975 and the male parent with rose pink bracteoles from Guangxi in 1983. The hybrid is better than the parents in ornamental characters and adaptability, such as tufted leaf shoots, long inflorescences, pink bracteoles and long blooming period, etc., which is of high value in landscape architecture.
