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Begonia U446

B. U446 is a shrub-like begonia that was collected by Mary Sizemore in the fall of 1996. Mary collected this beautiful begonia in BA-VI National Park, North Vietnam, this area is near Hanoi. B. U446 was found growing at approximately 2000′ in an understory...

Begonia metallica

B. metallica W.G. Smith is a Brazilian species first described in Floral Magazine in London in 1876. The earliest hybrid of record of this species was B. ‘Margaritae’ was done in France prior to 1882; this cross was a hybrid with B. echinosepala. This...

Begonia listada

Begonia listada is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It came into cultivation in 1961 as B. listada hort.

B. U402: An Unidentified Begonia From Venezuela via Japan

This interesting begonia entered in the Shrub Division, 2001 Miami Begonia Show and photographed by Joyce Pridgen is an interesting new shrub-like species that is great for the holiday season. Thelma O’Reilly designates it B. U402. It evidently arrived here via...