Species
B. boliviensis var. boliviensis
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. boliviensis var. boliviensis
- Form Variety
- var. boliviensis
- Author
- A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
- Publication Date
- 1859
- Date of Origin
- 1857
- Place
- Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija
- Country
- Bolivia, Argentina
- Region
- America
- Section
- Australes
- Chr 2n
- 28
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Synonyms and Comments
- argentinensis Spegazzini, Comun. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, 1:53. 1898
- Reference
- YBGAnn. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 4 11:122. 1859; Prodr. 15(1):287. 1864. —J.D. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 93:pl. 5657. 1867.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Bot. Mag. t. 5657; Fl. Mag. 1867, t. 354; Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 544, fig. ; Belgique Horticole, t.18 (1868); Veitch’s' Catalog. of Pl. 1868, fig. p. 6. Hortus Veitchii: London: J. Veitch & sons, 1906. Page 231-34 Item: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196248; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:88-9, 232-35. 2005.
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :67. 1980; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.34. 2005.
Plant
- Description
- Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 544, fig. Bot. l\liag. t. 5657; Fl. Mag. 1867, t. 354; Veitch’s' Catalog. of Pl. 1868, fig. p. 6. Hortus Veitchii: London: J. Veitch & sons, 1906. Page 231-34 Item: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196248; A very beautiful plant with drooping scarlet flowers, from Bolivia, sent by Richard Pearce, and of great interest as one of the original species from which the numerous garden varieties, so popular at the present day, have been derived.; Belgique Horticole, t.18 (1868) B. boliviensis: This Begonia was at the World Fair in Paris, in the batch of New plants exhibited by MM. Veitch. There has been a strong remark in the conformation of its flowers as singular as elegant. These flowers, with a long, vermillion-red perianth, hang gracefully in the manner of Fuchsia flowers. It had been discovered by M. Weddell in the Cordillera of Bolivia, but its introduction into the cultures is due to the indefatigable Mr. Pearce, the traveling of MM. Veitch, who found the plant in the same contrasts. It is a beautiful temperate greenhouse plant. Its stem is herbaceous and glabrous; it rises to 2-3 feet while branching, the leaves have a short petiole. The flowers are numerous and will be highly esteemed.
- Plant Height
- Tall
- Pests Diseases
- Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 544, fig. Bot. l\liag. t. 5657; Fl. Mag. 1867, t. 354; Veitch’s' Catalog. of Pl. 1868, fig. p. 6. Hortus Veitchii: London: J. Veitch & sons, 1906. Page 231-34 Item: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196248
Lineage
33 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
argentinensis Spegazzini, Comun. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, 1:53. 1898
Descendants
33 recorded children
As female parent
18
Male parent: B. ‘(micranthera x boliviensis)’
Male parent: B. veitchii
Male parent: B. davisii
Male parent: B. pearcei
Male parent: B. unidentified cv.
Male parent: B. veitchii
Male parent: B. pearcei
Male parent: B. sutherlandii ssp. sutherlandii
Male parent: B. pearcei
Male parent: B. ‘Glory of Stanstead’
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. ‘Rosaeflora’
Male parent: B. veitchii
Male parent: B. ‘Sedenii’
Male parent: B. unknown
As male parent
15
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Female parent: B. ‘Sedenii’
Female parent: B. ‘Butter Bells’
Female parent: B. incarnata var. incarnata
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Female parent: B. ‘Nonstop cv.’
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Female parent: B. ‘Helene Harms’
Female parent: B. cinnabarina
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Female parent: B. veitchii
Female parent: B. ‘Lemoinei’
Culture
- Comments
- Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden. Used to produce Lloydii group of trailng begonias.