What exactly is a Begonia? This is a great presentation to introduce begonias and to address the many different ways people interpret what makes a Begonia, a Begonia? Growth types, how they differ between countries, and characteristics that define different types of begonias.A good program to open up a discussion on what makes a Begonia […]
Superba begonias is an opinion piece; you may or may not agree with it, but it does give a solid history of the superba type begonias; where they originated, and who worked on hybridizing them. Like a lot of history it is often hard to follow how we got from way back then to the […]
Begoniaceae has over 2,000 species. It is getting harder and harder to distinguish between many of these species. Taxonomists have begun using phylogenetics to show how different species and groups of species are related to one another. The Sections of Begoniaceae presentation is an attempt to take all of the taxonomy and nomenclature and make […]
Michael J. Kartuz joined ABS in the early 1950’s. He had just started a mail order nursery that would become Kartuz Greenhouses. As Kartuz Greenhouses, Mike combined his own skills as a hybridizer with those of other hybridizers for the next 70 years. For those 70 years Kartuz Greenhouse was a constant supporter of ABS, […]
When you see a Begonia plant named for someone but do not know who the person was, you are missing most of the fun. Buxton Branch of ABS put together this presentation which links the people to the begonias they were named for and brings them to life. It is wonderfully detailed and might be […]
