Jun 15, 2025
Autumn Amber in Summer
Back-lit begonias that look like the Begonia Rex ‘Autumn Amber’ in a shaded area of the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
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Autumn Amber in Summer
Back-lit begonias that look like the Begonia Rex ‘Autumn Amber’ in a shaded area of the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
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A Cane-type Begonia
Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
Begonia serratipetala flowers with their serrated petals in the Cloud Forest.
Begonia cv.
11-JUN-2025
Williamstown Botanic Gardens, Vic
Begonia grandis / Hardy Begonia at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
Begonia monophylla. This is a tuberous Mexican species that only produces a single leaf per tuber. (This plant has an offset induced by snail damage a couple of years ago, so two true leaves are growing from under the soil here; the smaller leaves are leaflets that are produced along the inflorescense.) It's proven to be a very easy species to grow under lights, and does not require a terrarium. It goes dormant in the autumn, and can then be kept completely dry until new leaves emerge, usually late March to April in my conditions.
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B - Begonia semperflorens sensu hort. - Begonietta (Begoniaceae)
This Begonia shrub in the Andes has numerous flowers on its inflorescence, and more interestingly, the flowering branch is always much longer/taller than the rest of the plant.
Flora and Sylva
This week we present illustrations from Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, a multivolume set of books based on the findings of José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish priest and botanist, who led a Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada from 1783-1808. Mutis covered 8000 sq kilometers of what is now modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. He systematically collected thousands of herbarium specimens and made numerous drawings and notes that were sent back to Spain, and are currently preserved in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.
In 1952, Colombia and Spain formed an international cultural agreement in which they proposed an editorial project to publish Mutis’ scientific findings. The publishing project is ongoing, and it is expected to exceed 60 volumes, which are organized by plant families. The images we are highlighting today are from Volume 27 on Passion flowers (Passifloraceae) and Begonias (Begoniaceae). The expedition resulted in thousands of botanical illustrations that were produced by many different artists. Many of the passionflower illustrations we are featuring today were done by Nicolas Cortez, Francisco Escobar Villarroel, and Francisco Javier Matis Mahecha.
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–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Intern