You have correctly identified it as Red Ginger (*Alpinia purpurata*). Regards
Vijayasankar On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please help with the id of this beautiful Red Ginger growing in Chennai > and blooming just now; it has been raining the past week or so. > Thanks, > Padmini Raghavan. >