Butterfly ginger lily is also known as White Ginger Lily, Garland Flower. Its Botanical name is Hedychium coronarium.
It is called Dolan champa in Hindi,Takhellei angouba in Manipuri, Sontaka in Marathi ,Pakhila phul in Assamese , Suruli Sugandhi in Kannada , Chantikantam and Chantiramullikai in Tamil, Kichchiligadda in Telugu. In my mother tongue Oriya we call it Durlava Champa or Dulei champa.
Butterfly ginger lily is a beautiful and fragrant flower with a lot of color variations. Its flowering period is from July to October. It is a robust, attractive plant that reachs up to 6 feet in containers. From midsummer and all through autumn the stalks are topped with 6-12 in long clusters of wonderfully fragrant white flowers that look like butterflies. The shape is quite attractive. It really looks like a white butterfly. The plants are very robust and quickly grow out of the container. They need to be divided every year. Cut out and throw away old stems after flowers have faded. It rejuvenates the plant.
