Species

B. conchifolia var. conchifolia

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. conchifolia var. conchifolia
Form Variety: var. conchifolia
Author: A. Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung
Publication Date: 1851
Habitat: Epiphyte, Cerros de Candelaria, 1,800 meters, Oersted. The type was collected in Central America, probably in Costa Rica, by Warscewicz. Frequent in forest of the central region, chiefly at 1,200-1,800 meters, sometimes grown in gardens; reported from Tuis; region of San Ramon; mountains of Guanacaste. Endemic.
Country: Costa Rica, Panama
Region: America
Section: Gireoudia
Chr 2n: 28
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments: B. scutellata Liebmann Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :9. 1853; B. pumilio Standley, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25:322. 1940. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:43. 1958.; B. warscewitzii Neuman. 1847; B. conchaefolia;
Reference: Allg. Gartenzeitung 19:258. 1851. “conchaefolia”; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Aug 1973;
Article References: Tebbitt, Begonias 5:102-03. 2005;
Photo References: The Begonian, Aug 1973; The Begonian, Apr 1969; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants;

Plant

Description: Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747 Plants with a short, thick, prostrate or oblique rhizome; leaves long-petiolate, the petioles villous-tomentose; blades obliquely and broadly ovate, acute, broadly rounded at the base, peltate far above the base, entire or nearly so, glabrate above and with a dark red spot over the attachment to the petiole, brownish-tomentose beneath, very thick and succulent; peduncles longer than the leaves, the cymes rather small, with numerous pink flowers; sepals 2 in both kinds of flowers, 4-6 mm. long; capsules 6-8 mm. long, the narrow wings subequal. A handsome plant, well worthy of cultivation, especially because of the neat foliage.

Lineage

12 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

B. scutellata Liebmann Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :9. 1853; B. pumilio Standley, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25:322. 1940. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:43. 1958.; B. warscewitzii Neuman. 1847; B. conchaefolia;