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Begonia boliviensis
Also called Tuberous Begonia
Bolivian begonia is a tuberous begonia from the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina, grown for its drooping orange to scarlet flowers and as an ancestor of many garden hybrids. Give it bright shade, humus-rich soil and steady moisture while growing, and rest the tuber dry in winter.
Begonia boliviensis is a plant in the begonia family, Begoniaceae, which was introduced to Europe in 1864 by Richard Pearce who discovered it in the Bolivian Andes, although the plant had previously been identified by Hugh Weddell in the same region but not introduced.
Begonia boliviensis is of special historical interest to gardeners, being one of the species used by John Seden in the production of the first hybrid tuberous begonia raised in England, B. × sedenii.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Begonia boliviensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
