B. rosiflora

Bot. Mag. t. 5680; Veitch’s' Catalog. of Pl. 1869, p. 1, fig. La_ Belg. Hort. 1868, p. 153. This beautiful species, a native of the Bolivian Andes, closely resembles Begonia Veitchii. It differs in the stouter red petioles and scapes, the broader, rounder leaves, and more numerous flowers, pale red in color as those of a Briar Rose, and it flowered £or the first time in July 1867. From light-flowered forms of this species the first white tuberous Begonias were obtained, and these have steadily improved in quality for many years.

• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Tuberous
• Botanical Section: Australes
• Origin: America, Peru
• Originator: J. D. Hooker, Bot. Mag.
• Date of Origin: 1867