A collection from Nepal deemed distinct by Crug Farm Plants in Wales.  From terminal bud cones in mid to late summer, yellow-orange flowers spout from prominent red bracts.  The foliage is red-tinged underneath and is held on dark stems.  Clumps nicely and the species as a whole is of elegant presentation.  Moist, rich and mulch if winter is cold.

Cautleya have proved to be excellent plants for the garden here and one of the best is this Wynn-Jones collection from the Darjeeling area in northern India.  Good red bracts hold yellow flowers in a tropical embrace during August into September in your temperate garden.  Part sun to light shade in rich moist soil.  Mulch in winter in case of arctic annoyance.

Be forewarned - growing this plant can lead  to an obsessive and unreasoning mania for the hardy Zingiberaceae.   Oh sure you laugh - how can I be entrapped by something I can't even pronounce?  Put it in moist soil that drains and try not to love the orange-yellow torch-like flowers.  Must have.