Species
B. froebelii
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. froebelii
- Author
- A. de Candolle, Gard. Chron. II
- Publication Date
- 1874
- Date of Origin
- 1874
- Place
- 5 provinces
- Habitat
- Chimborazo: plants tuberous, leaves deep green above, pale-pubescent below, peduncles pink, pedicel s deep pink to crimson, ovary green with crimson puberu- 1 en ce, perianth-segments of both flowers deep pink to crimson, anthers and stigmas yellow, large plants in shade, small ones on sunny bank, canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km. north of Huigra, 5,000-6,500 ft., (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog-belt), E-3289. Canar: base tuberous, stem red, floral parts bright crimson, between Tambo and Suscal, 2,000-3,000 meters, north rim of the valley of the Rio de Cafiar, M. Giler, E-2759.
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- America
- Section
- unassigned to a section
- Chr 2n
- 28
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Reference
- Gard. Chron. II :552. 1874; JGSL9/08;
- Article References
- Gartenflora, Bd. 28, (1879); Tebbitt, Begonias 5:234. 2005. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden,1900- v.8 1952-1954: Page: 36-40 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150964 PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR BY W. H. CAMP. – BEGONIACEAE - LYMAN B. SMITH AND BERNICE G. SCHUBERT;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :68. 1980; The Begonian, Dec 1956; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants;
Plant
- Description
- The Garden; v. 12, 1877 FROEBEL' S BEGONIA. Drawn by Mas. DUFFIELD. This fine and distinct species of tuberous-rooted Begonia was first introduced to European gardens from its native country, the Republic of Ecuador, about the year 1872-3 by M. Otto Froebel, of the Newmunster Nurseries, Zurich, to whom tubers were sent by the well-known collector, M. Roezl. It was named B. Froebeli, in compliment to the introducer, by Prof. De Candolle, of Paris, to whom the plant was submitted immediately on its flowering for the first time in Europe. It has been described and advertised as a rival to the Scarlet Pelargonium for summer bedding purposes, but this it can never in my sense be, as its natural period for commencing to start into growth is from the end of September to the middle of October, and it commences to open its brilliant scarlet blossoms about the middle of the latter month. It will, however, be found to brighten the conservatory during the greater part of the three following dull winter months, when, owing to the great scarcity of other brilliantly-colored flowers, it is likely to prove a most acceptable and valuable acquisition. The foliage of this plant varies considerably in the case of different specimens, some being covered with purplish, velvety hairs, and resembling the foliage of a Gesneriad, while others have leaves of a much lighter shade of green, and almost devoid of hairs. There is also considerable variation in the depth of shade of the scarlet of the blooms, some being of a clear, intense scarlet throughout the entire flower, while others are a much lighter shade, sometimes amounting to almost a whitish appearance towards the center of the flower. This plant produces seeds very freely, and the seed seems to germinate easily, the seedlings blooming towards the end of the first year of their existence, a great additional merit as regards this plant. As companions to this variety should also be grown, for the decoration of the winter conservatory, the two other specific varieties of late-blooming Begonias, also introduced by M. Froebel, and named respectively B. octopetala and B. octopetala rosea, the latter of which seems, as yet, to be rather scarce in our gardens, but which I hope to bloom a little later on in the season. It is an extremely vigorous grower, with large and handsome foliage with woolly stems, and marked with purple, somewhat like the leaves of Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S. Ying.; the green ground color of the leaf is also of a much deeper shade than in the ordinary B. octopetala. I do not think the proper treatment of this plant is yet by any means perfectly understood, as where really well bloomed, with twenty or more flowers on a spike, as described. by J. T. P." (see pg. 425, Vol. X. of The Garden), it must be a really ornamental and beautiful plant, and all the more valuable on account of the late season at which it blooms. - W. E. G. Our plate was prepared from a plant furnished by Mrs. Dixon, of the Amhurst Nursery, Hackney.; Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1900- v .8 1952-1954: Page: 36-40 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150964; Gartenflora, Bd. 28, (1879) B. Froebeli: A .D.C. In the following, we give a brief survey of the most beautiful species of the great genus Begonia for the garden friend, who cultivates his plants in the room or in a small greenhouse, or partly in the open country. We open the round with B. Froebeli (Gartenfl. Tab. 864), discovered by Roezl in Ecuador and by Froebel and Comp. was spread into industry. This plant belongs to the group of begonias with bulbous rhizome, which move in winter and remain dry in the room or greenhouse, and then in March, after the tubers are cleansed of soil and roots, again into fresh earth of 2 parts forest or clay soil and 1 Part of a loamy soil, with the addition of some sand, to be planted flat in 4-5 inch pots under the surface of the earth. Let them be cast out in the sunny or semi-sunny room window or in the warm house, until they show a new instinct, only when the soil is totally dry, as soon as they show a strong instinct, just like other plants. B. Froebeli is one of the most beautiful of them, blooming from June to October with its numerous scarlet flowers and is recommended as a beautiful plant for the window of the room, sheltered balconies and also for planting on small groups with loose soil in summer. ; Chimborazo: plants tuberous, leaves deep green above, pale-pubescent below, peduncles pink, pedicel s deep pink to crimson, ovary green with crimson puberu- 1 en ce, perianth-segments of both flowers deep pink to crimson, anthers and stigmas yellow, large plants in shade, small ones on sunny bank, canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km. north of Huigra, 5,000-6,500 ft., (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog-belt), E-3289. Canar: base tuberous, stem red, floral parts bright crimson, between Tambo and Suscal, 2,000-3,000 meters, north rim of the valley of the Rio de Cafiar, M. Giler, E-2759.
- Plant Height
- Low
Lineage
5 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
5 recorded children
As female parent
3
As male parent
2
Female parent: B. foliosa var. miniata
Female parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Culture
- Comments
- Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1900- v .8 1952-1954: Page: 36-40 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150964 Chimborazo: plants tuberous, leaves deep green above, pale-pubescent below, peduncles pink, pedicel s deep pink to crimson, ovary green with crimson puberu- 1 en ce, perianth-segments of both flowers deep pink to crimson, anthers and stigmas yellow, large plants in shade, small ones on sunny bank, canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km. north of Huigra, 5,000-6,500 ft., (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fog-belt), E-3289. Canar: base tuberous, stem red, floral parts bright crimson, between Tambo and Suscal, 2,000-3,000 meters, north rim of the valley of the Rio de Cafiar, M. Giler, E-2759.
- Endangered Status
- Near Threatened