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help identifying 2 begonias please

Posted by wetdogfarm MN 3a (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 12, 05 at 13:18

I bought these 2 plants at a local greenhouse this spring and they were simply identified as "yellow with red edge" (the picotee photo) and "dragonwing pendula orange" (second photo). Does any one know if these are named varieties and what they might be? The picotee is a tuberous type. Thanks for any help. Cathy


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RE: help identifying 2 begonias please

Yummy, that dragonwing is lovely! Whay type is is? (sorry, i don't have the name for you) just wanted to comment on how beautiful she is!


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RE: help identifying 2 begonias please

I don't know either.....lovely tuberous one on top--wow! Great coloring. I often visit this site. It lists many hybrids by name with descriptions.....maybe you'll find them here?
http://members.aol.com/btbegonia/hybrids.htm


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RE: help identifying 2 begonias please

Thanks mk, interesting site but had no luck finding mine. I think I will start searching catalogs that sell begonias to find the names.


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RE: help identifying 2 begonias please

The second one looks like it has some boliviensis in it.

Plant Delights Nursery has a good picture of one


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RE: help identifying 2 begonias please

Thanks for the boliviensis tip, yes it is similar. After looking around at some wholesale begonia sites I believe that the pendulous dragon wing one is possibly "Illumination Orange." The flowers are more double now than when I took the above photo. After other research I decided that the other one I posted is probably a color varient of Non-stop Pin-up Flame. I found out that Benary Seed developed the Non-Stop series, and they have only developed 2 singles, Pin-up Rose and Pin-up Flame. I have noticed how much Flame varied this year at various greenhouses where I was shopping (and this one differs from the one I bought that was actually labeled Flame); this is probably a color variant and not a new variety. Unless anyone else has some ideas....

Here is a link that might be useful: Illumination Orange


 
 

 

 


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