Begonia octopetala

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 Begonia octopetala subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Begonia octopetala, L'Her. (B. grandiflora, Knowl. & West). Lvs. on long, succulent downy petioles 1½ ft. long, Cordate, deeply lobed and serrated, bright green: fls. seldom produced in cult., greenish white, in corymbs, males with 8 or 9 petals 2 in. across, females smaller and generally fewer. Intro. to Glasgow from Lima, Peru, in 1835. B.M. 3559. F.S. 20:2056-7. A.F. 4:225 (var. Lemoinei). This species is of little or no horticultural value.


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