B. conchifolia var. conchifolia

Flora of Costa Rica. Begoniaceae. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago 1937. v. 18: pt. 2 (1937): Page 737-48 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19747 Plants with a short, thick, prostrate or oblique rhizome; leaves long-petiolate, the petioles villous-tomentose; blades obliquely and broadly ovate, acute, broadly rounded at the base, peltate far above the base, entire or nearly so, glabrate above and with a dark red spot over the attachment to the petiole, brownish-tomentose beneath, very thick and succulent; peduncles longer than the leaves, the cymes rather small, with numerous pink flowers; sepals 2 in both kinds of flowers, 4-6 mm. long; capsules 6-8 mm. long, the narrow wings subequal. A handsome plant, well worthy of cultivation, especially because of the neat foliage.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Botanical Section: Gireoudia
• Origin: America, Costa Rica, Panama
• Originator: A. Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung
• Date of Origin: 1851