Author: | Edgar
Irmscher,
1961 |
Family: |
BEGONIACEAE |
Origin: |
East
South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
Height: |
2
Meters |
Flower:
|
White - Pink |
Propagate: |
Seeds/cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
"Begonia
sonderana" |
This member of the Begoniaceae family was first described by Edgar
Irmscher in 1962. It's from the Eastern South Africa, Eswatini and Zimbabwe area. Give it a well-drained
soil, some water and quiet some sun. The stems grow six centimetres in
diameter and to two meters in height, the
flowers are white to pink. It can also be reproduced by cuttings.
The genera name after Michel
Bégon, 1638-1710, once a governor of French Haiti. The species
name might honour Henry Frederick Conrad Sander,1847-1920, a
German-born, English nurseryman and horticulturist. |