potential ornamental value. They are poorly cultivated in the gardens because of the limited
availability of planting materials. A new technique for its vegetative propagation using stem
cuttings is standardized for the rapid multiplication of this plant (first of its kind in the family
Zingiberaceae). Single noded stem cuttings were sprouted in a medium of clean river sand
and hardened in poly bags filled with a mixture of soil, sand and cow dung in equal ratio …