BEGONIA DREGEI
Author:
C. Otto & F. Dietrich, 1836
Family:
BEGONIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Otto & A. Dietr. (1836). In: Allg. Gartens. 4: 357.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
10 Centimetres
Height:
30 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Begonia natalensis, Hooker.
Begonia richardsiana, T. Moore.
Augustia dregei, Klotzsch, 1855.
Augustia natalensis, Klotzsch
Augustia suffruticosa, Klotzsch
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Begonia partita, Irmsch.
Begonia parvifolia, Graham
Begonia richardsoniana, Houllet
Begonia rubicunda, A.DC.
Begonia suffruticosa, Meisn.
This member of the Begoniaceae family was described by Christoph Friedrich Otto and Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich in 1836. It is from the Cape and Natal province in southern South Africa. It grow in rich peat with plenty of water and some sun. The caudex will grow to ten centimetres, the stems to 30 centimetres. It can be reproduced both by cuttings and seeds.
The genera name after Michel Bégon, 1638-1710, once a governor of French Haiti. The species name honours Johann Franz Drège, 1794-1881, a German plant collector and explorer who worked extensively in South Africa. The very tiny seeds (grit = 5 mm).
Flower
White
Soil
Rich
Water
Maximum
Sun
Minimum
