Begonia maculata
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Read about Begonia maculata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Begonia maculata, Raddi (B. argyrostigma, Fisch.). Very smooth: st. erect, 2-3 ft., branching, woody when old: Lvs. cordate, lanceolate, wavy, 4-6 in. long, upper surface sometimes with large white roundish or circular spots: fls. pale rose or white, males with 2 ovate and 2 narrow petals, females with 5 equal petals. It includes several forms. Brazil. B.R. 666. Var. argyrostigma picta, Hort., is a common form, with very large white spots on the Lvs. An old greenhouse or conservatory plant. Var. elegantissima, Hort., a variety with more slender habit of growth than the type and only sparingly maculated on the Lvs., but forming a large free-branching specimen. Var. Wrightii, Hort., a variety with large Lvs. heavily maculated with white, especially in the young state: infl. pendulous, 10-20-fld.; fls. white, an in. diam.; males short lived; females greenish white, remaining on the plant for several weeks.— This variety does not branch very freely as with the preceding variety but has the habit of sending up long stout shoots, 6 or 8 ft. high, from which the fine handsome clusters of fls. hang in the form of a chain.—B. corallina, Hort., is a free-flowering form, useful for conservatory, 8-10 ft. on rafters: Lvs. dark glossy green, almost covered with bright coral-red long in large drooping trusses. J.H. III. 51:339.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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