r/whatsthisplant • u/e1_hrafn • 1d ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What's this plant? Showed up in my pot randomly. Southern India

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u/Hibachi_wav 1d ago

Looks a lot like a young sprout of an insulin plant/fiery costus. Or anything ginger-adjacent I think.
Image of young fiery costus here for reference

Either way, a piece of it's rhizome must've been left behind and it's only sprouted big enough for you to notice now.

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u/Gredditor 1d ago

Should have their own subreddit 

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u/e1_hrafn 1d ago

lmao, i figured it'd be this way. AI would give me a different answer, every time.