Cultivar
B. ‘Florida Incomparabilis’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Florida Incomparabilis’
- Originator
- H&S
- Date of Origin
- 1882
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Semperflorens
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Rosea’
- Male Parent
- B. schmidtiana
- Publication Reference
- C
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. florida incomparabilis, B. pictaviensis, B. massiliensis and B. Bruanti But after the continual appreciation of the blood of B. semperflorens had been universally acknowledged, excellent breeders of this plant made themselves felt, and endeavored to produce new hybrid forms, for which B. Schmidtiana was the rule. This species also originates from Brazil and is introduced by the company Haage & Schmidt is also known as a thankfully blossoming plant, whose leaves are oblong heart-shaped, brown green, on the back red on underside strongly hairy. The flowers are white and have a bright pink color. The pretty architecture and the richness of the flowers made this variety particularly suitable for crossbreeding. It is from this that the well-known B. florida incomparabilis, was developed by Haage & Schmidt, has been brought up with Ed. Andre, as B. pictaviensis, and B. Bruanti, which was propagated by Bruant. The B. massiliensis, sold at the same time by Deleuil, also descended from them. Begonia florida incomparabilis Deutsche Garten-Zeitung. Berlin, Hof-Verlags-Buchhandlung Beuckert & Radetzki. 1886. Page 514-5, Page 543 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/165001 Begonia florida incomparabilis Hort. Was obtained from Haage & Schmidt by crossing B. Schmidtii with B. semperflorens, the latter as pollen-yielding. In 1884 I had planted several beds with B. Schmidtii and semperflorens rosea, which bloomed amply during the summer; When the frost came in, I collected seeds from B. Schmidti, which was expelled the following spring. The young plants were soon planted on groups, they flourished very early, as B. florida incomparabilis. This species I can recommend as the best of all shrubby begonia, both for pot and for free. The flowers are white, with a red hint, under glass, though cultivated in the full sun, pure white. The leaves are glossy green on the surface, bronze-colored on the underside, like stalks, leaf and blood stalks. It grows bushy and compact, is resistant to unfavorable climatic influences, heat, and long-lasting rains, and therefore blooms continuously in the open until the frost destroys them, and in the temperate greenhouse also throughout the winter. The multiplication by cuttings is a very light one, so that in a few weeks with good culture handsome plants can grow. L. Ahlisch, Obergartner, Copenick. Postscript of the editorial staff. This begonia is, as is well known, obtained at various places in Germany and France, and most probably by chance cross-fertilization from seeds; it has already been described in the "Gartenztg., 1883, p. 49," under the name of B. hybrida, Mrs. Marie Brandt, and undoubtedly one of the most grateful group plants. It is suitable both for the planting of flower beds, as well as for the cultivation of tuberous groups and thrives in a sunny as well as a shaded position. Since it only very rarely seeds, it must be propagated by cuttings. The young shoots, which develop at the base of the older plants, are best for new cuttings, because the tips of the older stems may be rooted, but do not branch because all side shoots are flowers and not vegetative lateral buds, and the resulting lack of leaf buds may be overcome but it is only after a long period of time, and with very mixed results that new shoots develop from the base. Perhaps one could obtain this same plant regularly, simply by growing closely B. Schmidtii and B. semperflorens lineages. This would open up the use of the plant since it is now limimted bythe need to be perpetuated in the warm-house, and multiplied by means of cuttings. IF seed could be produced in larger numbers from the middle of February to the beginning of March, it was possible to recommend large quantities with ease until the middle of May. We must make experiments in this direction. W. P. Deutsche Garten-Zeitung. Berlin, Hof-Verlags-Buchhandlung Beuckert & Radetzki. 1886. Page 572 Seed approach of the Begonia florida incomparabilis. Vol. 43 of the Deutsche Garten-Zeitung, p. 514, is to the article Begonia florida incomparabilis by L. Ahlisch in a copy of the editors remarked that this begonia is very difficult seed. I must dispute this; with me, she has made a very rich seed, more than I was fond of, for the too large seed attachment does not contribute to the beauty of the plant. This is the case both with B. semperflorens and with B. Schmidtii; how not the dry seed-capsules look like! B. Schmidtii also has a lot of seeds in the house, which is less common with B. florida incomparabilis, and in the hybrids presented by me at the last monthly meeting, is almost certainly not the case. On the other hand, send you some pots of B. florida incomparabilis, richly planted with seeds, where you will find the above. I will also remark that my begonias have arisen only by artificial fertilization, for which purpose, in the plants to be fertilized, I remove all the male flowers before blooming, because otherwise, especially in B. Schmidtti, which very easily and plentifully dusts the removal of the male flowers a self-fertilization is not excluded. Franz Gabriel, Handelsgartner in Copenick near Berlin. Deutsche Garten-Zeitung. Berlin, Hof-Verlags-Buchhandlung Beuckert & Radetzki. 1886. Page 327 Begonia florida incomparabilis. Mr. Louis Ahlisch, Kopenick, introduced some pots of the Begonia florida incomparabilis, a seedling of R. Schmidtii, fertilized with B. semperflorens rosea, first drawn by Haage & Schmidt, has now also appeared with him. According to Mr. Perring, it is striking that this bastard was almost at the same time produced in such different places in France and 12 in Germany first with R. Brandt, Charlottenburg, now with Herr Ahlisch. Whether a real intersection is present appears almost doubtful, for example, Mr. Brandt did not. Mr. Ahlisch will publish a special article on this begonia.
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. roezlii var. roezlii
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
- Original Botanical Description or Link to
- Garten-Zeitung. Berlin, P. PareGarten-Zeitung. Berlin, P. Parey. Jahrg. 2 (1883): Page 30, Page 514-5 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105375 (Translated via Google Translate) Begonia florida incomparabilis or, Queen of Carpet. A cross between B. semperflorens rosea and B. Schmidtii, which combines the good qualities of both parents. Because of its great floweriness throughout the season, it is certainly the best variety of carpet for which the right name (incomparably) is accurate. The coloring of the flowers is a lovely delicate incarnate pink, as such was not present among the outdoor groups. This begonia remains much lower and more compact than B. semperflorens, and develops a still much greater range of flowers; it does not suffer in the unfavorable atmospheric influences, but the plantings covered with it always remain, whether it be hot and dry or wet-cold weather, a great advantage which makes them all the more valuable. The appearance is similar to that of B. Schmidtii. This is probably a similar hybrid like 'Frau Marie Brandt' (Gartenzeitung, 1883, p. 49) and various French. L.W.y. Jahrg. 2 (1883): Page 30, Page 514-5 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105375 (Translated via Google Translate) Begonia florida incomparabilis or, Queen of Carpet. A cross between B. semperflorens rosea and B. Schmidtii, which combines the good qualities of both parents. Because of its great floweriness throughout the season, it is certainly the best variety of carpet for which the right name (incomparably) is accurate. The coloring of the flowers is a lovely delicate incarnate pink, as such was not present among the outdoor groups. This begonia remains much lower and more compact than B. semperflorens, and develops a still much greater range of flowers; it does not suffer in the unfavorable atmospheric influences, but the plantings covered with it always remain, whether it be hot and dry or wet-cold weather, a great advantage which makes them all the more valuable. The appearance is similar to that of B. Schmidtii.