Per Irene Ngoo at Min's Garden @tropicaljungle in Singapore:
"This is Begonia ‘Pollux’ - named after the closest giant...Read More star to the sun and is one of the two stars in the Gemini constellation. This Rex hybrid was obviously named for the fine constellation of silver spots on the leaves, which are divided into leaflets. The leaves are light green, overlaid with silver, with red petioles. This is a newbie, only introduced in 1994 and was raised in Japan (by Hideki Yamaguchi of plant breeding company Suntory). It is a hybrid of the Chinese B. circumlobata (with palmate leaves) crossed with Rex hybrid ‘The Chief’ which was then crossed with the Chinese B. hemsleyana which is from Yunnan and has palmate leaves with small silver spots."
Per Irene Ngoo at Min's Garden @tropicaljungle in Singapore:
"This is Begonia ‘Pollux’ - named after the closest giant...Read More