Species
B. aconitifolia
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. aconitifolia
- Author
- A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
- Publication Date
- 1859
- Date of Origin
- 1859
- Place
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- America
- Section
- Latistigma
- Chr 2n
- 60
- Plant Type
- Cane-like - Superba
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;
- Reference
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique (Paris) IV 11: 127. 1859;in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4(1):352. 1861. — E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005; JGSL9/08;
- Article References
- Tebbitt, Begonias 5:75-7. 2005;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :7. 1980; Tebbitt, Begonias pls.19 & 20. 2005; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 17 (4); Beg 91 p 100 May/Jun 2024;
Plant
- Description
- Stem base is a swollen caudex
- Growth Type
- Vase like habit
- Growth Rate
- Fast in growing season
- Plant Habit
- Upright, vase like
- Plant Spread
- Large
- Plant Height
- Tall 2m
- Stem Type
- Upright
- Stem Habit
- Few Branched; swollen base (caudex)
- Other Features
- Swollen stem base, grows well in ground in sheltered locations
- Internodal Distance
- Long
- Sun Tolerance
- Some sun
- Plant Hardiness
- Down to 0°c out of frost, takes summer heat to 40°c
- Pests Diseases
- Can get powdery mildew
Lineage
65 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;
Descendants
65 recorded children
As female parent
41
Male parent: S. sanguinea
Male parent: B. ‘Butterfly Series’
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: S. sanguinea
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
Male parent: B. maculata var. maculata
Male parent: S. sanguinea
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. maculata var. maculata
Male parent: S. sanguinea
Male parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
Male parent: S. sanguinea
Male parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. unknown
Male parent: B. ‘Elaine’
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. ‘Corallina de Lucerna’
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. maculata var. maculata
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. maculata var. maculata
Male parent: B. U062
Male parent: B. platanifolia
As male parent
24
Female parent: B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’
Female parent: B. ‘Credneri’
Female parent: B. ‘Credneri Compacta’
Female parent: B. ‘Credneri’
Female parent: B. ‘Credneri’
Female parent: B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’
Female parent: B. scharffiana var. scharffiana
Female parent: B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’
Female parent: B. ‘Credneri Compacta’
Female parent: B. maculata var. maculata
Female parent: B. ‘Duchartrei’
Female parent: B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’
Female parent: B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’
Female parent: B. ‘Compacta’
Female parent: B. scharffii
Female parent: B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’
Female parent: B. echinosepala var. echinosepala
Female parent: B. ‘Credneri Compacta’
Female parent: B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’
Female parent: B. platanifolia
Female parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
Female parent: B. ‘Credneri Compacta’
Female parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
Female parent: B. homonyma
Culture
- Propagation Method
- Stem cuttings, mallet cuttings, tip cuttings. Large plants can be divided.
- Known In Cultivation
- Common, in many collections. In the wild ??