Cultivar
B. ‘Semperflorens Atropurpureum’
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Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Semperflorens Atropurpureum’
- Plant Type
- Semperflorens
Plant
- Description
- Wiener illustrirte Garten-Zeitung. Wien W. Frick. jahr. 18 1893: Page 458-60 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/52851 (translated using Google translate) B. semperflorens ‘rosea’ and ‘coccinea’, and ‘atropurpureus’ When the original B. semperflorens was introduced into the European garden is undetermined, but it is certainly certain that this plant now exhibits quite a few forms, which are due both to the significant differences in coloring of the foliage, and to the size and color of the bloom. The plant has smooth stems, and low growth. The leaves are obliquely round, almost heart-shaped, notched, the anterior leaves are long, the flowers numerous, white, standing in forked umbels. From this plant, the two varieties var. Rosea and var. coccinea are first grown, which are distinguished from each other by the large, vividly pink and scarlet flowers respectively. Later Mr. Hofgartner Pettera in Gmunden succeeded in cultivating a varietal with dark red leaves from seeds, however, it did not find the same distribution as B. semperflorens ‘Vernon’, which is now widely cultivated though both are identical and show only a slight difference in the color of the flowers.
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