Cultivar
B. ‘Gloire de Lorraine’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Gloire de Lorraine’
- Originator
- Lemoine
- Date of Origin
- 1891
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Place
- Nancy
- Country
- France
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Cheimantha
- Female Parent
- B. socotrana
- Male Parent
- B. dregei var. dregei
- Publication Reference
- C; WHB; WBHC-WW;
- Article References
- The Garden, v. 73, 1909;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :102. 1980; The Begonian, Aug 1962; The Begonian, Mar 1958; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 32 (28);
Plant
- Description
- La Semaine horticole et revue des cultures colonials, v. 3 (1899) Begonia Gloire de Lorraine: Mr. Hemsley, in the Gardeners' Chronicle, says about this beautiful Begonia: it is remarkable that a plant capable of producing such an abundance of flowers without much care has not succeeded in so many growers. One day, when I recommended it to a French horticulturist, he replied that it could not be used in France. Still, after seeing a rather large batch of flowering plants, he decided to try it, and since then he has bought a few hundred. Although it is quite unusual to see this Begonia produce female flowers, I have encountered them a number of times: I tried to fertilize them, but I have never seen good seeds. The yellow anther are very apparent, but I have never been able to discover real pollen. I have seen the Chiswick plant with a seed capsule that looks like it is fertile, but from what I have experienced, I'm afraid it will not work. Concerning the difficulties of cultivation which M. Hemsley points out, let us remember that M. Truffaut, of Versailles, showed in Paris, last autumn, some charming plants of this Begonia, and which were absolutely covered with flowers; he also cultivates in his hands a certain number of plants which prosper very well. We believe that this variety requires a lot of heat and light. Farmers who had failed had probably been erring on this side; but this ravishing plant, and of marvelous masses of flowers, deserves some additional expense in heating.; The Garden, v. 73, 1909 Gloire de Lorraine: This Begonia was raised in 1891 by M. Lemoine of Nancy, its parents being B. socotrana and B. Dregei, and two years later received a first-class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. A few years ago, it was unknown, but today it is difficult to find a garden where it is not grown. No warm greenhouse is now considered to be properly furnished in the winter unless it can show a display of this Begonia., whose rapid leap into popularity has been most remarkable. It is, undoubtedly, the best of its class for keeping up a succession of bloom, and its compact habit and bright green foliage are further recommendations, while among all the fibrous-rooted varieties there is nothing to equal it in free-flowering qualities. It is astonishing for how long a time this Begonia will continue to produce flowers. Commencing in the autumn, it may be had in bloom throughout the entire winter, well grown plants continuing to bloom for at least six months, and, a lovely effect may be produced in warm conservatories before the forced bulbs and shrubs are present in quantity. It is essentially a plant that well repays careful treatment, and the difference between a fine specimen, symmetrical and well-flowered, and a weak plant with few blooms is very striking. It has an extremely pretty appearance if grown in wire baskets, as in the case shown in the illustration, which gives a view of a plant grown in the gardens at Brookhill, Kingswear, South Devon, the residence of Mr. R. F. Wilkins, that reflects the greatest credit on the cultivator. S. W. Fitzherbert.
Lineage
11 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
11 recorded children
As female parent
11
Male parent: B. socotrana
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
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