Cultivar
B. ‘manicata ‘Crispa’’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘manicata ‘Crispa’’
- Originator
- Sander
- Date of Origin
- 1903
- Country
- South America
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Article References
- The Gardeners' chronicle, ser. 3, v. 59, 1916;
- Photo References
- B16:1 1949; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants;
Plant
- Description
- The Gardeners' chronicle, ser. 3, v. 59, 1916 B. manicata crispa: (see Fig. 54 and 55) The mad-leaved Begonia, (B. phyllomaniaca) first appeared in the Botanic Garden at Munich about 65 years ago. Its madness takes the form of extraordinary leaf proliferation. 'It produces from the stem branches and petioles innumerable leaflets which on being detached and placed on moist ground, produce roots and perfect plants. There are good examples of this Begonia in the Kew collection, where they are at present in flower. Its peculiarity suggests the thousand headed Kale. At least as remarkable in a teratological sense is B. manicata crispa, also to be seen at Kew. The leaves of which are divided and curled after the manner of a curly-leaved Cabbage. The type (B. manicata) is a native of Mexico. and is well known as a garden plant, being grown for its tall, elegant branching cymes or small, pink flowers. It has ordinary, fleshy. lobed leaves, with conspicuous red scales on the petioles and principal nerves. A variegated form of it (maculata) is in cultivation, and there are several hybrids of which B. manicata is one of the Parents. The crisped variety was obtained from Messrs. F. Sander & Sons in 1903. That the frilled margin is caused by proliferation, and is not due to sub-division, as in the case of the crisp-leaved Harts' Tongue Ferns, the fuzzy Nephrodiums, and the curled Cabbage, is evident in the fact that the curled margins continue to grow and divide and form fresh curls long after the leaf has fully developed. Probably every curl is capable of developing a plant in favorable conditions. The largest leaves are about 9 inches across, and they are as succulent and brittle as Summer Cabbage. There is also a green leaved Begonia. At Kew with the same peculiarity, which came from Messrs. Haage & Schmidt, in Erfurt, in 1914, under the name of B. bunchii. The leaves of this are purple on the underside. Nothing is known as to its origin.
- Stem Type
- Erect
- Other Features
- Basket Plant
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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