Author: | William
Jackson Hooker, 1849 |
Family: |
BEGONIACEAE |
Origin: |
NW
Argentina, Bolivia,
Peru |
Soil: |
Peat |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
Height: |
40
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Orange |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Begonia
clarkei Hook. f. 1867.
Begonia aurantiaca, Planch.
Begonia micranthera var. fimbriata, L.B.Sm. &
B.G.Schub.
Platyclinium cinnabarina, T.Moore. |
This member of the Begoniaceae
family was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1849. It is found
in north-western Argentina, Bolivia and Peru, growing in peat with some water and little to
some sun. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres in diameter, the
plant up to 40 centimetres height. The flowers are orange.
The genera name after Michel Bégon, 1638-1710, once a governor of
French Haiti/Santa Dominica. The species name referrers to the colour
of the flower; 'cinnabar red. |