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Photo from Candidegardening.com.


The bulb from Avonbulbs.co.uk.


A wild plant by Christian Moliné, Powo.science.kew.org.

Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1868
Family:  BEGONIACEAE
Origin:  Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  6 Centimetres
Height:  50 Centimetres
Flower:  Orange - Apricot  - Pink
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  Sutherland Begonia, Begonia Papaya
Synonyms:  Invalid: Begonia sutherlandii, E. Phillips, 1928.
Begonia buttonii,
Irmsch.
Begonia dissecta,
Irmsch.
Begonia flava,
Marais.
Begonia gueinziana,
Irmsch.
Begonia sutherlandii
subsp. latior, Kupicha.

This member of the Begoniaceae family was given this name by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1868. It is found in Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Tanzania, growing in a well drained but rich soil with quite some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to six centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 50 centimetres in height. The flowers are orange over apricot to pink.

The genera name after Michel Bégon, 1638-1710, once a governor of French Haiti. The species name honours Dr. Peter C. Sutherland, 1822-1900, an English plant collector.


The flowers from Plantsam.com.