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Begonia davisii is a small, tufted tuberous begonia from the Peruvian Andes, grown for its glossy leaves and orange-scarlet flowers. It was an early parent of Begonia × tuberhybrida cultivars and is grown mainly as a bright, cool-to-warm indoor or shade-garden plant.
Begonia davisii is a plant in the begonia family, Begoniaceae, which was used in the early days of breeding Begonia × tuberhybrida cultivars.
It was discovered by the Victorian plant collector Walter Davis (after whom it was named) near Arequipa in Peru and was first introduced to England in 1877.
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