Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
Tuberous begonias (Begonia × tuberhybrida Voss) are a group of Begonia cultivars regarded as some of the most spectacular of the genus.One of the first hybrids produced was B. x sedenii in 1870 a cross between B. boliviensis collected by botanist Richard Pearce and a species from the Andes. Another species from Peru B.davisii (named after Walter Davis) was also used in early breeding.
