Grows on banks and mossy tree trunks at 1100m and above
Country
Peninsular Malaysia
Region
Asia
Section
Platycentrum
Chr 2n
22
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments
Etymology: after the decorative leaves; B. praeclaraKing, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng., pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 71:66. 1902. —Ridley, J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4:21. 1909; Fl. Malay Penins. 1:863. 1922;
Reference
Gard. Chron. III 12:621. 1892. —Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. 1:863. 1922. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 8:121. 1929. —R. Kiew, Begonias of Peninsular Malaysia :133-39, pls. 2005. ; JGSL9/08; The Begonian, Mar 1975;
Article References
Wiener illustrirte Garten-Zeitung, jahr. 18, 1893; Beg. 2:5. Dec. 1935; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:239. 2005; Kiew, Begonias of P. Malaysia 3:133-138. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 79, 2018;
Photo References
JBS, Begonias :46. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :56. 1983; Tebbitt, Begonias pl.205. 2005; Kiew, Begonias of P. Malaysia pls.3:133-138. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 79-80, 2018; The Begonian, Jan 1969; Begonias, Misono 1974: 40 (47);