Rhizomatous Begonias | American Begonia Society

B. ‘Alafia’

B. ‘Alafia’ is a very popular hybrid of mine developed in 1994. It is a cross between B. ‘Cowardly Lion’ x B. manicata, the species, and is remarkable for its beautiful leaves, compact habit, and ease of growth. It was first displayed at the...

B. formosana var. formosana

While attending the 2001 ABS Annual Meeting in Orange County, California a side trip was arranged by Jeanne Jones for those attending the meeting to Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Early Sunday morning we boarded a bus for a trip to Huntington...

B. versicolor

Begonia versicolor is a rhizomatous begonia from central China. It was discovered by Dr. Edgar lrrnscher in 1939. It requires a terrarium culture, preferring to grow in long fiber sphagnum moss. Leslie Woodriff called it the “Fairy Carpet” begonia because...

From B. U388 to B. sizemoreae and finally named B. longiciliata

For those of you who are not familiar with U388 here is a little background on a beautiful plant.

B. U303

At the 1993 Convention in Miami, Tamsin Boardman gave a leaf of a plant labeled B.U303 to Barbara Nunes. Barbara gave it to me for propagation. The only information available about the plant was that Scott Hoover collected it in Malaysia. Since then, I have talked to...

B.masoniana

B. masoniana. | Photo: indoorgardenook.com Begonia masoniana was brought to England from Singapore in 1952, though its country of origin may be either China or India. L. Maurice Mason, who imported it, called it “Iron Cross” because of the distinctive...