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Bukit Pelarit, Perlis, Malaysia
Asam riang, Spotted begonia. Begonia integrifolia Dalzell. Begoniaceae.
Begonia sp. cultivar, Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 26 Jun 2016.
Windowsill plant nursery. Left to right: curly willow and mystery shrub in red vase; wandering jew starts (need 1 more); coleus 'dipt in wine' (stock for cuttings); jade plant (to be pinched ruthlessly); begonia 'looking glass' cuttings; small pot with jade leaves of amazing provenance plus zygocactus cuttings from Cindy. March 18, 2008.
Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae and is a perennial. The only other members of the family Begoniaceae are Hillebrandia, a genus with a single species in the Hawaiian Islands, and the genus Symbegonia which more recently was included in Begonia. "Begonia" is the common name as well as the generic name for all members of the genus.
The genus name, coined by Charles Plumier, a French patron of botany, honours Michel Bégon, a former governor of the French colony of Haiti. It was adopted by Linnaeus.
With over 1,500 species, Begonia is one of the ten largest angiosperm genera. The species are terrestrial (sometimes epiphytic) herbs or undershrubs and occur in subtropical and tropical moist climates, in South and Central America, Africa and southern Asia. Terrestrial species in the wild are commonly upright-stemmed, rhizomatous, or tuberous. The plants are monoecious, with unisexual male and female flowers occurring separately on the same plant, the male containing numerous stamens, the female having a large inferior ovary and two to four branched or twisted stigmas. In most species the fruit is a winged capsule containing numerous minute seeds, although baccate fruits are also known. The leaves, which are often large and variously marked or variegated, are usually asymmetric (unequal-sided).
Because of their sometimes showy flowers of white, pink, scarlet or yellow color and often attractively marked leaves, many species and innumerable hybrids and cultivars are cultivated. The genus is unusual in that species throughout the genus, even those coming from different continents, can frequently be hybridized with each other, and this has led to an enormous number of cultivars. The American Begonia Society classifies begonias into several major groups: cane-like, shrub-like, tuberous, rhizomatous, semperflorens (or wax begonias), rex, trailing-scandent, or thick-stemmed. For the most part these groups do not correspond to any formal taxonomic groupings or phylogeny and many species and hybrids have characteristics of more than one group, or fit well into none of them.
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B. U555 has been a carefree terrarium begonia. I often put terrarium begonias that tend to spread on little rises in the grow space. It may add visual interest. I know it serves to increase growing the surface area o the terrarium landscape, almost for free. An example that makes this clear is the fact that a circular piece cloth seven inches across cannot be made into a hat of the same diameter. And I thought geometry class was wasted time. ;-)
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Marianne Williamson
Begonia sp. cultivar, Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 26 Jun 2016.
The Firecracker Begonia finally sprouted this weekend, even though I doubted that they would. They are so tiny and there are so many of them!!!
Begonia sp. cultivar, Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 26 Jun 2016.
Bukit Pelarit, Perlis, Malaysia
Asam riang, Spotted begonia. Begonia integrifolia Dalzell. Begoniaceae.