Could not resist these...Have no ID.

I have hardly any more space for new baby's, specially after bringing in the one's which need overwintering inside the house, but when I came across these two beauties the temptation was too hard to fight! I thought they would lift up spirits during the dark period of the year with their striking exotic features.
Too many plant nurseries have the bad habit not to give the complete Latin name. The plant labels of both only mention 'Begonia'.
I hope someone can find it for me in this forum. I have looked under 'Begonia' in the plant files but couldn't find the exact matches.

Thanks!

This is the first one

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and here a close-up of a leaf of nr.1

This is the second one.

and a close-up of the leaf of nr.2.

The silky appearance of the leaves is very pronounced in this one!

This message was edited Nov 10, 2006 8:47 PM

Those are absolutely stunning! I hope someone can ID them. I would love to get some just like them. ;)

Lin

Is the first one rex begonia Merry Christmas?
Just a guess.

Susan

DanceyTX and Susancva, thank you for your responses!



Susancva, you could be right about the first one being begonia 'Merry Christmas', it is certainly the closest match I have seen until now!