Begonia xanthina


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Read about Begonia xanthina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Begonia xanthina, Hook. Similar to B. Rex: Lvs. large, fleshy, cordate-ovate, acuminate, sinuate-ciliated, dark glossy green above, purplish beneath: fls. large, almost golden yellow, tinged on the back with red: caps, with one large wing. India. B.M. 4683. Var. pictifolia, Hook. Lvs. with rows and spots of silvery white: fls. yellowish white. B.M. 5102. Var. Lazulii, Hook. Lvs. not spotted, tinted with bluish purple. B.M. 5107. This species is probably not now in cult.


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