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Species

B. versicolor

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. versicolor
Author: Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot., Hamburg.
Publication Date: 1939
Date of Origin: 1939
Place: Yunnan;
Habitat: In forests ca. 1600-2100 m. alt.
Country: China; N Vietnam
Region: Asia
Section: Platycentrum
Chr 2n: 22
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: Latin meaning variously coloured
Reference: Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot., Hamburg. 10:546. 1939.—Su Hua Huang, & Yu-Min Shui, Acta Bot. Yunnanica 21(1):18, pl.3. Figs. 10-17. 1999. — Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:202. 2007; JGSL9/08;
Article References: Tebbitt, Begonias 5:237-39. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 339, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p260, 2017;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :66. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :166. 1983; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.203. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 339, 2018; Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen, Begonia of China: p260, 2017; The Begonian, Apr 1965; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Beg 91 p 101 May/Jun 2024;

Plant

Description: Round velvety plush leaves, red veins radiating from center, densely covered with red hairs. Low growing, exquisite. Pink flowers. Terrarium culture required.
Stem Type: Acaulescent, rhizome

Lineage

21 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Etymology: Latin meaning variously coloured

Descendants

21 recorded children

As female parent

15

B. ‘Barbara Lepisto’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Barbara Neptune’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Dreamthorpe’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Illiad’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Joe Bond’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Mae Bee’

Male parent: B. morelii

B. ‘Mae Blanton’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Millie Thompson’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Moon Moss’

Male parent: B. u400

B. ‘Romola’

Male parent: B. ‘John Blais’

B. ‘Snowdrifts’

Male parent: B. u400

B. ‘Versi-Cath’

Male parent: B. cathayana

Male parent: B. masoniana

B. (versicolor x cathayana)

Male parent: B. cathayana

As male parent

6

B. ‘Calcutta’

Female parent: B. goegoensis

B. ‘Millenium’

Female parent: B. cathayana

B. ‘Silver Firecolor’

Female parent: B. ‘Curly Fireflush’

B. ‘Surprise’

Female parent: B. ‘Bokit’

B. ‘Veeversi’

Female parent: B. ‘Vees’

B. ‘x malipoensis’

Female parent: B. hemsleyana var. hemsleyana

Culture

Cultural Requirements: Best in terrariums in sub-tropical - temperate zones