Begonia venosa
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Begonia venosa, Skan. A tall, stout, erect species with white-frosted very fleshy foliage, and marked by very large inflated conspicuously veined stipules: Lvs. reniform or ear-shaped, repand-entire, joined at the middle (not peltate) with the thick flattened petiole: fls. many, white, crowded on a reddish peduncle. Brazil. B.M. 7657. – Very distinct, and a striking plant when well grown. Requires a warm sunny position in the greenhouse, and to be kept rather on the dry side at the roots during winter.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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