Begonia manicata

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 Begonia manicata subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Begonia manicata, Cels. Essentially smooth except the hairy lf.-edges, short-stemmed, succulent: lvs. ovate, obliquely cordate, thick, fleshy, smooth, shiny green, 6-8 in. long; petioles covered with fleshy scale-like hairs: peduncles a foot or more long, bearing loose panicles of pink dipetalous fls. Mex. Var. aureo-maculata, Hort., has large blotches of yellowish white on the Lvs. F.E. 8:1159. F.R. 2:435. A.G. 23:337.— Flowers profusely in spring, having a light elegant and feathery effect supported on long erect and free- branching peduncles. Var. crispa, Hort., has foliage with crispate margins; there is also a yellow-spotted form of it.


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