Begonia brevirimosa 'Pink'

Rather than a chimeric variegation, this is a selected form with a deepened, more saturated pink field than typical wild-type Begonia brevirimosa. Because the colour is a natural pigment intensity rather than an unstable sport, it propagates true from any healthy cutting. Begonia brevirimosa 'Pink' shares the same underlying form and growth habit as Begonia brevirimosa (asymmetrical, ovate leaves with toothed margins on upright segmented red canes, naturally branching growth), with an intensified, near-fluorescent pink field across most of the asymmetrical blade, well beyond the species' typical pink-fading-to-green two-tone pattern.

Native range

Pink colour-break cultivar of Begonia brevirimosa, New Guinea (humid tropical forest, moist forest margins)

Classification

Genus

Begonia

Family

Begoniaceae

Type

Variegated

Growth habit

Upright cane, branching

Form of

Begonia brevirimosa

Morphology

Leaf shape

Asymmetrical, ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base. with toothed margins

Leaf length

8-18 cm

Leaf width

6-14 cm

Petiole colour

Short, reddish, unaffected

Venation

Visible below pink central field

Texture

Thin, lush, red undersides

Variegation

true-breeding colour selection intensifying the species' own natural pink field rather than a chimericVariegation caused by a cell mutation. Often produces high contrast but can be unstable and revert to all-green. sport; it reproduces reliably from ordinary cuttings, unlike a variegated sectoral break

Growth habit

Upright segmented red canes, naturally branching