Begonia lucerna

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
	Begonia >	lucerna >

If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!

Read about Begonia lucerna in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Begonia lucerna, Hort. Fig. 533. Hybrid of exceptional merit, with habit and constitution of President Carnot: lvs. heavily spotted with white, specially when young: fls. in long pendulous clusters that are often 1 ft. in diam.; male fls. 1 in. across; females much larger, with bright pink ovaries, giving the plant a distinctive appearance as they persist for many weeks.—The plant succeeds well in a warm greenhouse. Should be in every collection. Named for Lucerne, where it originated. Intro, to commerce in 1903. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

w:Begonia lucerna. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
Begonia lucerna QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)

This article is a stub. You can help Gardenology.org by expanding it.