Category: Begonia species/ hybrids

SK 4020 19 August 2024: 13 very high res. images. Location: Mulkharka, Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: 30 July 2024 Altitude: 1936m. Habitat : Cultivated Begonia palmata D.Don ?? I don’t know what this is. However it is not B. palmata. The fruit shape is very close to B. palmata or its related sps. Any matches […]

SK 3948 03 April 2024 – Begonia: 4 very high res. images. Location: Panchase, Pokhara, Nepal Date: 14 March 2024 Elevation: 1735m. Habitat: Wild  Not flowering yet. Begonia palmata D.Don ?? I’m not sure, but the red hairs on the tepals are not a match for B. palmata. I’d need to see a more mature plant to […]

MS, Oct.,2021/18 Begonia sp. for id.- 2: 3 images. Posting separately being different from the original images. Location : Marpara Date : 05-10-2021 Habit : Herb Habitat : Wild Reply from Mark ji: Alas I have no idea about this one. Also occurs in Bangladesh. Potentially new.  

SK 2926 19 July 2021: 12 high res. images. Location: Godawari Botanical Garden, Lalitpur Date:  18 july 2021 Elevation:  1500m. Habit : Cultivated Not sure. Check with Sangeeta Rajbhandary This one looks like a Begonia sp. Any chance of Begonia palmata D.Don ?? https://www.earth.com/plant-encyclopedia/angiosperms/begoniaceae/begonia-palmata/el/ 2 attachments  

Begonia aconitifolia x coccinea ? : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (2)- 2 mb each. Location – Mumbai (Salvi Garden, Thane) Date – May 2018 Id guess by … I could not find matching images on the net. Garden Tags ?? Appears like Begonia hybrid- White Cane Begonia as per http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/bego/begoniaceae.html https://forestgardenblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/begonias-begonias/ https://www.rareflora.com/begoniacocalba.html http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/bego/begonia-white.jpg https://www.nurseriesonline.com.au/plant-index/trees-shrubs/evergreen-trees-and-shrubs/cane-stemmed-begonias/

Mahe Begonia 12 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 mb.  Request for id of cultivated Begonia from Mahe. Photographed in October 2019. South American, don’t know sp!  

    Begonia for ID : Mumbai : 041012 : AK-1: A small, cultivated, potted plant with tiny white flowers at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai. Picture taken on 31/3/2009. looks like Begonia semperflorens  Is this correct ID ? Looks different as per http://www.cernyseed.cz/eng-begonia-semperflorens.php https://www.mygardenlife.com/plant-library/1294/begonia/semperflorens https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a562 https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/begonia-semperflorens-cultorum-group/ https://www.thespruce.com/grow-semperflorens-begonias-indoors-1902498 Begonia acetosa Vell. ??

  Mahe Begonia 11 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Request for id of cultivated Begonia from Mahe. Photographed in October 2019

  Mahe Begonia 6 : 10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb.  Request for Id of Begonia from Mahe. Appears to be B. rex. Photographed in October 2019. Leaf? Looks different! Perhaps you are right Yes, it is Begonia sp.  Yes …, trying to find the species.  Do you have other images showing […]

  Mahe Begonia 7 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 5 mb. Request for validation of Begonia aconitifolia from Mahe. Photographed in October 2019. Looks different ! Does it not look similar to the one at Mahe Begonia 8 No …, both are different.  

  Mahe Begonia 8 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 6 mb. Request for id of Begonia from Mahe. Photographed in October 2019. Related to some var of Begonia metallica ? I think looks different as per  https://www.plantsrescue.com/tag/begonia-metallica/   Not sure – a cultivar or hybrid, not a wild species Yes, … it […]

  Mahe Begonia 4 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 5 mb.  Request for identification of Begonia from Mahe. Photographed in October, 2019. I am attaching another photo which may help in id. Attachments (1) –  4mb  

  Mumbai, MH :: Cutivated Begonia for ID :: ARK2019-109 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – around 900 kb each. This Begonia was seen in a cultivated garden in April 2014. Requested to please ID, if possible. There are so many hybrids, it is difficult to identify. Yes …, I understand. I tried […]

  Begonia Species for ID : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 29NOV18 : AK-34 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Begonia Species seen inside the Conservatory with white flowers  

  SK1637 10 Dec 2018 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- 1 mb and 5 mb  Location:  Gyaneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal Elevation :  4500 ft. Date 11 November 2018 Habit : Cultivated  Which Begonia ??  

  SK1480 02 Oct 2018 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)- around 350 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Begonia sp.

  SK1485 04 Oct 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 600 kb each.  Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated Which Begonia is this ? angel wing begonia (may have a name given by its grower). cant go further without having tha plant in hand, at […]

  Begonia rex ‘Princess of Hanover’ : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Hong Kong Park   Date: 15 August 2018 Elevation: 200 ft. Habit : Cultivated lovely patterns of leaves. i have never seen so many hairs on a begonia flower elements. was it labelled with  this name ? can you show it please Yes … it […]

  SK1475 30 Sep 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)- around 400 kb each.  Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong  Date: 12 August 2018 Elevation: 1300 ft. Habit : Cultivated Not native, a cultivar, no idea which! rex again. same question. label?  

  SK1257 04 JUL 2018 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) – around 600 kb each. Location:  Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 10 May 2018 Altitude: 4300 ft. Habit : Cultivated. Which Begonia is this ? Probably Begonia ‘Cathedral’ Thank you … Does its leaf have two layers as in my image?  It looks very similar as […]