Begonia froebelii
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Begonia froebelii, A. DC. More or less hairy: Lvs. numerous, cordate, acuminate, green, covered with fleshy, purplish hairs: fls. in tall, lax, drooping, branching cymes, brilliant scarlet, large. Late autumn and winter. Ecuador. J.H. III. 32, p. 33. Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 19, p. cxcii. Gn. 12, p. 376. Intro, about 1872-3 by Otto Froebel of Zurich.—A beautiful flowering plant, useful for conservatory work in winter. Var. vernal is, Hort., hybrid (B. Froebelii x B. Dregei), similar to type; intro. by Deleuil in 1880. Var. nana, Hort. Very dwarf: fls. dark scarlet.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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