Cultivar
B. ‘Sedenii’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Sedenii’
- Originator
- James Veitch and Sons
- Date of Origin
- 1870
- Place
- Chelsea
- Country
- England, UK
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Female Parent
- B. boliviensis var. boliviensis
- Male Parent
- B. veitchii
- Publication Reference
- ADR; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- The Garden, v. 3, 1873; Hortus Veitchii 1906. Published by J. Veitch & sons, London p. 455-462. Digital source: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/23407
Plant
- Description
- The Garden, v. 3, 1873 B. Sedeni: Begonias, as a rule, are amongst the finest of indoor flowering plants, and a large section of them is also remarkable for the beauty of their foliage. B. Sedeni is a garden hybrid, and, as regards flowers, one of the handsomest of the genus. Its blooms are individually large, of a bright magenta color and are produced in the greatest possible profusion. The leaves, which are also large, are of a shining dark green color, with veins more or less tinged with red. In order to develop the full beauty of this Begonia, a little more heat than that of an ordinary greenhouse should be given when it is starting into growth, but afterwards it may with advantage be removed to a warm position in any ordinary greenhouse or conservatory. In autumn, when the plants show signs of decay, they should be kept rather dry, until after a week or two the stems may be cut off close to the soil, and the roots kept dry. As it is a tuberous-rooted kind it must be allowed to remain dormant during the winter, either in the pot in which it has been growing, or in sand, like Achimenes roots. In February or March, it should be started, using well-drained pots containing a compost of loam, peat, thoroughly decayed manure, mixed with some sharp river or silver sand. Small pots should be used at first, and the plants should be shifted as they advance in growth into larger ones, or they may be potted at once into 6-inch pots. If large specimens, however, are desired, they should be potted regularly, and when in sufficiently large pots they should be supplied occasionally with manure water. For indoor decoration, for which this Begonia may be made useful, 6-inch pots are sufficiently large, and in these excellent plants of it may be grown. It has flowered beautifully with Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea. - J. W.
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Parents
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Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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