wow thank you. you see Rex : Begonia Rex-cultorum is a group of rex begonia hybrids, not any one species. and that this particular cultivar had no special name, in the label
it was described as a group way back in 1920.. by Bailey, Liberty H. Bailey <https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0315.html> your showing us the label enhances our knowledge here about the rex begonia hybrids that are in cultivation and promotion by houseplant trades. Interesting label: in the right lower quadrant they show a whole bunch of the rex begonia hybrids all at once in their label, and say that country of origin : India. == I know you will appreciate why i keep asking for labels you see, i have known the rex cultivars mostly for their leaves flowers tend to be secondary for the various botanical gardens and awarding of prizes please see this 2005 pdf article by RHS . https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/PDFs/Plant-trials-and-awards/Plant-bulletins/begonia-rex.pdf it shows mainly leaves of the various cultivars and how to judge them. not flowers. its also an interesting read, tells us the various hybrids that were made. also missouri bot garden says this about rex begonias... http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b543 i quote: " *Noteworthy Characteristics* The Rex Cultorum group – whose members commonly are known as “rex begonias” – is aptly named. These “kings” of the begonia world display wildly varied leaves streaked, bordered, spotted, and splotched by many colors. *They also flower, but usually the flowers are overshadowed by the striking foliage. *Most rex begonias grow from a thickened stem structure called a rhizome. They are not classed with other rhizomatous begonias, however, because of their bold leaves and more exacting growing requirements." end quote === in final analysis *Begonia Rex-cultorum is a group name* not specifies level. all rex es with spectacular leaves are that. i loved your entire rex show this month and i have given here a short history of rex begonias and how each species level id is not possible... this would be useful for people with curiosity about begonias of rex descent. usha di On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 6:35 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Ushadi ! > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 8:56 AM Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> can i see the label please >> thank you >> usha di >> >> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 6:06 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Saroj ji >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>> Date: Mon 1 Oct, 2018, 4:43 PM >>> Subject: Begonia rex 'Cultrotum' >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >>> [email protected]>, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>, Mark Hughes < >>> [email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear Members, >>> >>> Location: Hong Kong Park >>> Date: 15 August 2018 >>> Elevation: 200 ft. >>> Habit : Cultivated >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
