The January/February 2020

ISSN 0096-8684

The
Begonian
Publication of the American Begonia Society

American Begonia Society

Founded January 1932
by Herbert P. Dyckman

Aims and Purposes

To stimulate and promote
interest in begonias
and other shade-loving plants.

To encourage the introduction and development

of new types of these plants.

To standardize the
nomenclature of begonias.

To gather and publish information in regard

to kinds, propagation, and culture of begonias
and companion plants.

To issue a bulletin that will be mailed to

all members of the society.
To bring into friendly contact all
Begonia "Picotee" who love and grow begonias.
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 Contents
4 President’s Message
5 ABS 2020 Convention
Begonias on My
Mind
6 Inspired By Begonias
Melbourne,
FWBG terrarium room north. See pg 8 Australia 2020
8 2020 SWR Get-Together
in Fort Worth, Texas
Cowboys, Culture
and Begonias!
12 Rooting DIY
14 Begonia U 043
16 Begonia tropaeolifolia A.
DC.
22 Buxton Branch
American Begonia
Society – Annual
Show and Sale
25 Lauritzen Gardens: A
Reality of Dreamers
33 ABS Bookstore
Begonia U043 pg 14
34 2019 The Begonian
Index
37 A Useful IDB Tip

Cover photo: Begonia

tropaeolifolia A. DC. Page 16
Photo by David Mellard

Back cover: Begonia U043, backlit

by the sun. See photo on this
page (center) for a look at the leaf
without sun. Page 14

Begonia bed at Lauritzen Gardens pg 25

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 December 5, 2019
Dear fellow begonia enthusiasts,
President’s Message
Where does the time go? Seems like only
yesterday I was writing a small note to The Begonian. For the folks who live in the regions who
can keep their begonias outside year long or have the resources for a big greenhouse, it must be
nice! I spent several days bringing my plants back inside to the basement starting late October
and going into the first week of November. We had several light frosts which did some damage
to some begonias, but most came through with minimal damage. Thanksgiving is past us and
Christmas is not far off.
I see we have a couple of empty positions on the
ABS website and Priscilla Purinton has notified me
that she is stepping down from her post (Hybrid Reg-
istrar). If anyone is interested in filling any of these
positions, let me know.
In Atlanta, we have secured the hotel for next
year’s convention and are working on tours and sem-
inars. Watch for news in coming months. We hope
everyone can find time to join us in early September
next year.
The ABS investment committee is still looking at
investment strategies with a good rate of return with
minimal risk to the ABS. I trust this will be voted on
next year and enacted.
Happy Holidays, Butch

Begonias and "companion plants" at Lauritzen Gardens (below) in the Marjorie K. Daugherty
Conservatory (above, right). Lauritzen Gardens is in Omaha, NE - in the heart of the beautiful
Loess Hills. Photos by Jane Cigard

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 ABS 2020 Convention
Begonias on My Mind
Atlanta, Georgia
Hello Members & Friends,
The ABS Greater Atlanta Branch is busy planning the 2020 National Convention to be
held September 8–12, 2020 at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta-Airport Hotel. We will have the
Registration and events for each day published by March 31, 2020. Please check the ABS
website https://www.begonias.org/events/events.htm for details.
We are planning events to include tours of members’ homes and private gardens along
with guided tours to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens, Atlanta Botanical
Garden, Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park, Gibbs Gardens, The Carter Library,
Civil Rights Museum, the CNN Center, Atlanta History Center and the Georgia Aquarium.
The speakers will present topics for growing begonias, planting begonia seed and
begonia conservation. We will also enjoy a dinner banquet, the begonia show and the
sale of beautiful begonias.
Hotel registration is now available at the following link: https://book.passkey.
com/e/50015819
Free Shuttle from the Atlanta Airport is provided to the hotel, along with Wi-Fi and a
$7.00 per day parking fee.
We hope you are planning to come and share a wonderful experience and a week of
fun in Atlanta, Georgia!
We look forward to seeing you in September.

Taylor Greenhouses
Established 1984 9228 Matthews Rd., Portland, NY 14769

www.taylorgreenhouses.com
Printed list available for $1.00
Over 650 Varieties of Begonias
Also Coleus, Epiphyllum, scented Geraniums, Streptocarpus, and more.

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 Inspired By Begonias
Melbourne, Australia 2020
F or begonia lovers throughout Australia and overseas, all roads will lead to
Melbourne, Australia next March (12th – 17th, 2020) when the celebrated
AABS Convention, Inspired By Begonias, will be staged in the southern capital.
Melbourne has been chosen as the host city and the venue is the delightfully
located Foothills Conference Centre in Mooroolbark, in the foothills of Melbourne’s
scenic Dandenong Ranges.
The accommodation comes complete with full cooked
breakfasts, a swimming pool, table tennis and
billiard tables, wonderful bush walks through
the surrounding precinct and also provides easy
access to the famous Yarra Valley Wine Region
just a short bus ride away.
The program will also include a raft of optional tours
including:
•The internationally renowned William Ricketts Sanctuary (good website);
•Cloudehill Garden and Nursery (good website)

Begonias Gesneriads
Rare Flowering Plants & Vines

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 •The Fitzroy Gardens Conservatory
which will be filled with begonias
•The Robert Clark Conservatory in
Ballarat in regional Victoria
•Gardenworld Nursery & Garden
Centre in Keysborough
•Two private Member’s Gardens.
All tours will include lunch.
Speaker panel:
Not surprisingly there is a sensational Plant Sales:
collection of speakers from Australia and Always a major highlight when begonia
overseas. growers get together, there will also be
Overseas speakers: plant sales stalls generously stocked with
• Johanna Zinn - Topic: ‘African Species’ hybrids specifically grown for the Con-
• Yu Pin – Topic: ‘Beyond Beautiful vention.
Palawan’ Expert Panel
• Mike Flaherty - Topic: ‘Begonia Shows Clearly one of the many reasons for at-
California Style’ tending a Convention is to learn from the
•Don Miller – Topic: ‘ The Species at the experts and so it is pleasing to announce
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens’ that there will be a panel of experts to
• Dan Heims – Topic: ‘The Begonias of field questions and to engage in general
Terra Nova’ discussions.
• Antoon Hoefnagels – Topic: TBC Not hard to see that the AABS Con-
Australian Speakers: vention - Inspired By Begonias - will be
• Ross Bolwell - Topic: TBC a must attend event for begonia lovers
• Marilyn Watson – Topic: PALS from near and far who are expected to
Workshops: flock to Melbourne in droves.
Three well-known begonia experts will Do make sure you are one of them!
present workshops within the program.
• John Clare – a hybridizer from Bunda- Registration:
berg in Queensland. Registration including accommoda-
• Carmel Browne – a top grower, also from tion will be online only until 1st March
sunny Queensland. 2020. (http://melbournebegoniasociety.
• Johanna Zinn – Terrariums. com) under ‘Events’, AABS Convention,
Registration
Gala Dinner:
If you don’t have internet access our
Another highlight of the program will be a
Convention Treasurer Rob Sims (613)
Gala Dinner presenting an opportunity to don
9484 6916 will complete the form with
the glad rags and ‘strut your stuff.' In addition,
you over the phone.
there will be an exciting auction, offering a
chance to acquire something really special. Janeen Randle, Convention Co-ordinator

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 The everchanging Begonia collection at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden (above) will be front and
center at the SWR Get-Together starting on April 29. The Begonia Collection in the Species House
(right) offers visitors an incredible look at beautifully grown plants.
Photos by Don Miller

2020 SWR Get-Together in Fort Worth, Texas

Cowboys, Culture and Begonias!
W hen you think of Fort Worth, Texas there are three things that come to mind,
“Cowboys, Culture and Begonias!” The Dallas/Mae Blanton Branch will host
the Get-Together in Fort Worth April 29–May 2, 2020. The Get-Together will be held
at the Holiday Inn Express downtown and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden a few blocks
away. Room rates are $119.00 + tax for a standard king. Check-in beginning after 3:00
pm on April 28. This includes breakfast, free parking, and free shuttle service to the
Botanic Garden, Water Gardens, Museum District and many other fun sites and restau-
rants. Contact number for the hotel is 817-698-9595. Be sure to mention your reservation
is for the Southwest Region American Begonia Society Get-Together.
More detail will follow regarding tours, speakers and other surprises. Come join us in
Cowtown! Convention packets should be out by early January.
See you there!
Debbie Garrett, Get-Together Chair
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 The Hybrid House at Fort Worth Botanic Garden - join us at the SWR Get-Together for a
better look!
Photo by Don Miller

Check out the ABS online at

www.begonias.org
Events
Virtual Greenhouse
Registered Begonias
Photo Galleries
Resources
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 Begonia of China
by Yu-Min Shui & Wen-Hong Chen
A high quality, hardback edition. 286 pages, 11.5” X 8.5”
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Dr. Shui is a botanist, taxonomist, explorer, and speaker.

Cultivation and
Appreciation of
Wild Begonias
Editors-in-Chief You-Fang Ding, Wan-Qi Zhang,
Wen-Ke Dong, Wen-Guang Wang, Zhong-Xuan Wang, et al
Hardback edition. 324 pages, 7.75” x 10.5”
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 Rooting DIY
Linda Tamblyn, Merriam, KS

S ummer Sunday mornings, I walked to

church with my Grandma. This decades old
memory lives on. I will never forget her rocketing
a black walnut towards my head to let me know
I'd skipped too far ahead. She had an arm like Cy 1
Young. Sometimes, when we passed a lovely flow-
erbed, she snapped off a few choice pieces telling
me, "Plant starts only grow if you steal them!" I
do not know any scientific evidence to support that
statement, so I suggest asking kindly for starts and
then trying these tips for rooting them (Fig 1).
• Try using powdered cinnamon (Fig 2)
instead of a rooting hormone. This warm
spice is known for antimicrobal and anti-
2
fungal properties. It’s usually waiting in
the kitchen and it smells
great. Works like a
charm!
• A few stems of Willow (any
kind) encourages cuttings
to happily root in a con-
tainer of water. Shortens
the time cuttings take to
root. Also, may help strike
roots on more difficult to
start plants. According to
wikipedia: "Willow water
is a biological method to
extract the rooting hor-
mones indolebutyric acid
(IBA) and salicylic acid
(SA), that are present in
sufficient quantities in
the willow (Salix) trees
to extract as a liquid that
stimulates root growth".
Well... yeah!
3
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 The Begonian needs YOU!
Email us with ideas, photos, tips, and
suggestions about how YOU grow your plants
and your experiences.
Share your knowledge and photos with us today!
Email: begoniaskc@yahoo.com

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• Make an easy propagation box using a the mix in the bottom of the container.
clear sweater box with a lid (Figs 3–5). Cuttings, leaf wedges, or leaf vein cut-
A medium height box works well for tings can be directly pushed into the
most cuttings. Taller boxes are avail- moist sphagnum mix, where the roots
able or turn one box upside down on can roam. To root something in its own
top of another box for those BIG cut- container, it’s potted up and set on top
tings. My favorite sweater box method of the mix inside the sweater box. The
is to mix coarse perlite and moist lid gets popped on and the whole thing
sphagnum and put about 2 inches of sits to one side of my light cart.

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 Begonia U 043
Reprinted from The ABS Unidentified Species Listing July 2012
U 043:
Brazil. Source was a plant cutting brought into the United States by Sylvia Leatherman
on her return from visit to Brazil in the late fifties. After propagation, this unusual species
was distributed as B. J-11. It is grown under this same designation today - still unidenti-
fied. Thick stemmed, thick-
set, green, medium-sized
rhizome-like stem some-
times crawls and roots into
soil before growing erect, as
high as 20", pale green len-
ticels and narrow trichomes
between closely set nodes,
7-nerved leaves 5½" × 8",
upper surface medium to
dark green with bronze high-
lights and iridescent satiny
sheen, glabrous, cupping
under along outer portion,
deely cordate and overlap-
ping at sinus, undersurface
dark red, covered with tiny,
stiff red hairs; short narrow
red trichomes are scattered
on the light green nerves,
subentire margin is serrulate
and ciliate, emerging new
leaves red, and pleated re-
semble a cockscomb, petiole
8"–12", light green with
distinct horizontal bands of
broad lacerated, red scales at
intervals over entire length,
giving rise to the nickname
"lariat begonia", flowers are
white, in clusters held above
the foliage. 4 male tepals, pe-
duncle green, patterned with 1
red trichomes, fall flowering.

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Prominent, red, scale-like trichomes ( Fig 1) on the stems of Begonia U043 are a striking feature
and one which endears this plant. In my experience, the newest leaves have the brightest scales
(Fig 2). They fade as the leaf ages. For a picture of the foliage see page 3 and back cover.
Information and photos from Editor.
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 Begonia tropaeolifolia A. DC.
David Mellard and Mariana DiVita, Atlanta, GA
First printed in the Fall edition of the Atlanta Begonian,
the newsletter of the Greater Atlanta Branch of the American Begonia Society

I n late 2017, one of the authors (DM)

placed an order for orchids and several
Begonia with Ecuaflor-A, a predominantly
tion (Figs 1a and 1b). I also purchased B.
lugonis and B. peruviana, each for about
$20. I’ll have to search the greenhouse at
orchid nursery in Cuenca, Ecuador. Ecua- some point to see if these survived.
flor-A delivered the plants to the Atlanta Once I got the plant home, I immedi-
Orchid Society show in March 2018, and ately transferred it to a mostly inorganic
I got my first look at Begonia tropaeolifo- mix made up of kanuma, akadama, and
lia Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, 1859. turface to which I added a soil-less mix
I’ll just caution here that I bought it as B. like ProMix or Fafard. The last ingredient
tropaeolifolia metallica but this name is makes up about 10–20% of the mix. I’ve
not valid. I suspect the seller added metal- long lost the percentages of the former
lica because of the sheen on the leaves and ingredients because I reuse the mix. The
the spotting. I need to confirm the ID once plant I received was probably 2 to 3 inches
it flowers or ask a subject matter expert. long with just a few roots and leaves on a
The leaf habit and spotting of my plant is rather weak cutting. I placed the plant in
consistent with B. tropaeolifolia, although my greenhouse in low light (what orchid
some clones are not spotted. Leaf color in growers call Phalaenopsis light) and
this species ranges from various shades started watering regularly. Because of a
of green to near-black, with or without crushed rock floor (known as paver base)
silver spotting. The species is found in and frequent watering of the orchids, the
Ecuador, northern Peru, and Colombia in greenhouse is always at least 80% humid-
subtropical or tropical, moist, montane ity and large fans keep the greenhouse air
forests between 3,500 to 7,000 feet eleva- buoyant. Because I live in Atlanta, after-

1a 1b

Photos 1a (courtesy of http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105908-1) and 1b

(courtesy of https://www.gbif.org/species/7303429). Collection locations in Ecuador and Colombia
and at least one location in Peru
Photo 2. David Mellard’s B. tropaeolifolia showing creeping habit, now rooted in several pots.

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noon summer temperatures briefly rise to to get established but now, a year-and-a-
90°F for a few hours but then return to 70°F half later, is growing well and creeping
from evaporative cooling. Daytime winter around and actually invading nearby pots
temperatures typically range 70°F – 79°F and throwing down roots (Fig 2).
with nighttime temperatures set at 58°F, at I shared a cutting with Mariana DiVita in
least in the coldest months from Decem- June, and she established it quickly (within
ber to February. The plant is fertilized at a few months) in moist sphagnum moss in
about 150 ppm nitrogen a couple of times a terrarium under LED lights. She reports
a month using the Michigan State K-lite it’s an easy and fast grower, that it likes to
fertilizer. This fertilizer is designed for grow up the sides of the glass terrarium,
orchids and has reduced potassium. I find and has never been fertilized. She may add
it’s a particularly good fertilizer for terres- some tree bark to help anchor the plant as
trial orchids and so use it on everything. it rambles. One of the unusual things she
I suspect this fertilizer is not critical for likes about this Begonia is the individual
genera like Begonia. The plant was slow silver/white hair that comes out of the spot

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Fig 3 An individual silver/white hair comes out of each spot on the leaf. This can be easily seen on
the roundish leaf, bottom center.
Photos 4–6 Fig 8 B. tropaeolifolia growing in a terrarium with driftwood to support runners.
(https://www.mountainorchids.com)

on the leaf (Fig 3). The rest of the leaf is under lights). Shockingly, a cutting on
smooth and hairless. She reports that leaf e-Bay recently went for $100, so Mariana
color in her plant varies from browns to and I are both thinking Christmas money.
shades of green, giving the plant an almost Begonia tropaeolifolia belongs to section
camouflaged look against the sphagnum. Gobenia, which is characterized by a creep-
New leaf growth is reddish in color and ing growth habit (Figs 4–6). Plants in3 this
then turns greener as it matures (at least section are found in the South American

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Andean region. The Gobenia section, which con-
sists of at least 16 or so species, is notorious for
leaves melting away in culture, possibly from too
much moisture on the leaves from what I’ve read.
I’ve also read that the leaves will drop if the plant’s
roots are disturbed, which I’m about to find out
because it’s time to transfer my plant to a single
4
large pot that can accommodate runners.
Most of the species in section Gobenia have
peltate leaves, meaning the stem supporting the
leaf is attached to the underneath surface instead
of at the base or margin (Fig 7). Species in section
Gobenia can be terrestrial or epiphytic, the later
requiring a consistent source of water either from
year-round rainfall or by being next to a waterfall
or a seep.
Section Gobenia is set apart from other Begonia
sections by the flexible creeping (sometimes climb-
ing) stem with peltate leaves. Female flowers have
5 to 7 very small tepals and either 3- or 4-celled
ovaries, which are covered by small bracts. Most 5
species have capsules with unequal wings. Inflo-
rescences can have 1 to 3 flowers or have many
flowers, which in some species are borne on special
branches in the axils of leaves. It’s not clear whether
inflorescences can be either male or female or
whether the inflorescence can carry both male and
female flowers at the same time. Some of the other
species in the Gobenia section are B. dodsonii, B.
geminiflora, B. hitchcockii, B maurandiae (type),
B. secunda, and B. sodiroi.
The botanical literature lists one variety as B. tro-
paeolifolia var. puberula L.B. Sm. & Schub. This
variety was published in 1950 in Lloydia. The plant 6
was collected by J.A. Steyermark in 1943 between
Paccha and Puente Grande in the El Oro state of
Ecuador at about 6,000 feet. The taxonomic de-
scription at the variety level was proposed by L.B. Smith and B.G. Schubert, but this
variety has not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The
varietal name “puberula” implies that the identified plant has short, soft hairs.

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Fig 7. Most species in section Gobenia have peltate leaves, meaning the stem supporting the
leaf is attached to the underneath surface.
Begonia tropaelifolia (Fig 8) grown and photographed by Sally Savelle. This species is
sometimes offered in the trade as B. tropaelifolia metallica.

The botanical term for B. tropaeolifolia’s creeping habit is lianescent after the word
liana, which refers to woody climbing plants that hang from trees. However, this habit
is not unique to section Gobenia. Other sections exist where most, or at least some,
members have a creeping habit, including: Solananthera, Wageneria, and Cristasemen.
In conclusion, cuttings are being made of David’s and Mariana’s plants so hopefully
more plants will be available soon, maybe at the ABS convention in September 2020.
Begonia tropaeolifolia is endangered in the wild because of habitat loss so it will be
good to get this species circulating among Begonia enthusiasts. We should monitor
the success (or not) of other growers and their conditions so we have a better idea of
the tolerance in its cultural requirements.
7 Contact me @ dmellard@cdc.gov.

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Buxton Branch American Begonia Society
– Annual Show and Sale
B uxton’s annual show
and sale took place on
a lovely fall weekend, Septem-
ber 22–23, 2019, at Tower Hill
Botanical Garden in Boylston,
MA. A committee of twenty-
five dedicated members set up,
classified and entered exhibits,
sold hundreds of plants, re-
cruited new members, talked
about begonias and taught a
kid’s workshop. Lucy Kuder,
Bonnie Lambert, Jocelyn
Sherman, Mary Beth Hayes
and newest ABS judges, Lois
Petzold and Christina VanWyk
judged 116 exhibits entered by
17 growers. Awards included
16 cultural certificates, 12
division awards and 40 blue
1
ribbons. Of note, five novice
growers entered 11 plants
winning two division awards
and 7 blue ribbons.
Gloria Utzig’s B. ‘Gryphon’
won Best in Show, Mary Beth
Hayes won the John Harrington
Memorial Award for best rhi-
zomatous with B. ‘Kit Kat’. The
Wanda and Dick Macnair Award
for best contained atmosphere,
B. staudtii was awarded to
Betsy Szymczak. New member,
Sarah Hudson won the People’s
Choice with a lovely Reiger
begonia. Himanshu Oberoi won
the Normand Dufresne Award
2
for best species with B. ulmifo-
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lia. The Anne Kosinski Award
for best shrub was awarded to
Betsy Szymczak for B. sanguin-
ea. The Ernest Logee award for
best Rex was awarded to Dee
Stewart for B. ‘Hugh McLauch-
lan’. The Corliss Engle Award
for best cane, B. ‘My Special
Angel’ was exhibited by Bonnie
Lambert. Betsy Szymczak won
the Ed and Millie Thompson
Showing and Sharing Award
and the Sweepstakes Award.
Wisnu Ardi spoke about
hunting and collecting in Indo-
nesia. Buxton member, Julie
Hagan set up a photo light box
so that anyone who purchased a
plant could “instantly” post on
3
Instagram. Julie is a founding
member of @begoniabrigade,
an Instagram site with over
27,000 followers. If you haven’t
checked it out, you should.
A Sunday afternoon dish-
garden workshop reminded kids
of the importance of plants and
how much fun it is to garden.
We enjoyed watching siblings,
parents and grandparents create
delightful scenes.
The branch was fortunate
to have members so willing to
share their time and expertise.
That, combined with a great
venue and wonderful weather, 4
made for a great show.
Dick and Wanda Macnair (Fig 1) busy at work.
A lightbox (Fig 2) was set up so anyone who purchased a plant could post on Instagram.
Judges Jocelyn Sherman, Lucy Kuder and clerk Pi Stone (Fig 3).
Stuart Hammer and Mike Mack (Fig 4) in the sales room.

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The Woodlands Waterfall (Fig 1) sits in a century-old native forest.

Visitors are welcomed to Lauritzen Gardens by large plantings like this one (Fig 2).
Photo by Jane Cigard
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Lauritzen Gardens: A Reality of Dreamers
By Linda Tamblyn, Merriam, KS; Photos by Jane Cigard, Lawrence, KS
On a drizzly, September day I visited the home here, wonderful transformations have
Lauritzen Gardens, in Omaha, NE, and found taken place in a very short time. And new
a very special garden that speaks to the love Gardens are opening every year.
and vision of the dreamers who started it all. Thirty acres of the garden originally held
My fellow traveler and I were honored to a soil mine. There the loess soil (made up
receive an exceptional tour of the Gardens by of wind-blown dust deposits from ancient
Spencer Crews, Executive Director, Emeri- glaciers) is, according to Crews, “…terrible
tus Advisor at Lauritzen Gardens. Crews has soil. It’s hard-packed and not great for gar-
more than 30 years of experience and passion dening – but it is good stable soil to build
for botanical gardens. Jumping in a covered on.” That very stable part of the garden is
golf cart, we took off for a tour of these where the buildings are sited. Incredibly,
Gardens, which Crews helped found and much of the Gardens sit atop a bale landfill
design. So, it was fitting to visit the Founder’s used by the city of Omaha in the 1970’s to
Garden which emanates a sense of peace with deal with their garbage. Trash was packed
hundreds of Hostas. The Garden is dotted into 6-foot bales and neatly stacked into
with paperbark maple, hydrangea, viburnum, the landfill. After filling, 4–10 feet of soil
astilbe, jack-in-the-pulpit and more. Collabo- buried the site hiding its contents. Many of
rating with the local Hosta club, Crews and a the Gardens are planted over this reclaimed
band of visionaries even brought plants from area where some shifting of the soil is in-
their own gardens to establish this serene evitable. “It’s been challenging, structur-
place and make their desire a reality. In the ally,” Crews explained, “because of the
two decades since the first plants found a unknown.”

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Creating a true product of place

also challenged the designers at
Lauritzen. The Founders envisioned
staying true to the area around them,
whether it was urban or rural. Ten
acres of the grounds, the Woodland
Trail and Woodland Waterfall, pre-
serves a 100-year-old bur oak forest
that wanders down the Missouri River
Valley. Native plants and views of the
Loess Hills along this breath-taking
trail offer a sense of the native land-
scape. In the Hitchcock-Kountze
Victorian Garden, architectural ar-
tifacts salvaged from razed Nebraska
buildings accent the perennial beds
lined with shrubs and vines. Mosaic
signage, terracotta heads, and bal-
ustrades are among the bits of saved
history adorning the view. In the shade
of the Founder’s Garden, a gate, with 4

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elements of an iconic Omaha
amusement park, welcomes visi-
tors. “The idea is Omaha history.
So, we chose to - like the Victo-
rians who collected everything -
use Omaha artifacts,” explained
Crews.
In the garden settings, perfect-
ly chosen sculptures blend into
the plantings. A giant armillary
sphere sundial stands guard over
the rose garden. Sandhill Cranes,
cast in bronze, alight in a cattail
filled pond in the Bird Sanctu-
ary and Arboretum. These iconic
birds flock to Nebraska every
year to prepare for their long mi-
gration to their northern breeding
ground. Giant maple leaves in fall
colors, kinetically twist and turn
in the wind harmonizing with the
sounds of the waterfall – a perfect
setting for the sugar maples,
beech, and an array of yellow flag
iris and frog fruit. Crews said of
the sculpture and its surround-
ings, “Regionalism. We took ad- 5
vantage of our native beauty.”
Celebrating Omaha’s Sister Architectural artifacts from Omaha buildings gracefully adorn
the Victorian Garden (Fig 3).
City of Šiauliai, Lithuanian "Turning Leaves" (Fig 4), a kinetic sculpture in Lauritzen
woodcarvers and folk artists are Gardens.
creating depictions of the folk Lithuanian woodcarvings in the Saulės Takas
(Path of the Sun) - one of the ongoing projects (Fig 5).
story of Jūratė and Kastytis -
a love affair that turns tragic. Railway Garden has been carefully planted, in
The intricately carved figures, nestled into scale, to match the trains that rumble through
a thicket in the Arboretum, evoke a feeling a tiny city of Omaha and the surrounding
of being transported into a fairy tale. This countryside. This garden requires constant
ongoing project, called Saulės Takas (Path care and pruning to maintain the size of the
of the Sun), celebrates Omaha’s Lithuanian plantings. Four G-scale trains are carefully
community. choreographed to navigate the tracks that run
With a nod to miniature gardens, the Model through this charming garden.
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Organically blending into the hillside and surrounding area, the Marjorie K. Daugherty Conservatory
first opened in 2014. (Fig 6)
In the Conservatory, the temperate area is modeled after
5 the historic gardens of the southern US
states (Fig 7)
Begonias are tucked into a perfect bed under a stairway. (Fig 8)
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 Between the gardens there’s breathing He inspires as he paints a picture of the history
room, which serves two purposes. “With the and future of the Gardens. We still had more
issue of the possible shifting of the landfill, to discover though. Saying our goodbyes,
we turned lemons into lemonade,’ Crews we were shown to the stunning Marjorie K.
pointed out. “We keep the area between the Daugherty Conservatory, which opened in
Gardens natural to cleanse the palette, so the 2014. Once inside we had a hard time believ-
next Garden can feel new and appreciated.” ing it had only been open such a short time.
This strategy also leaves room for slight We met with Senior Gardener, Allison
changes in the terrain. Butterfield and Horticultural Team member,
Our time with Crews went far too quickly. Leticia Loza who showed us around the Con-

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servatory. The unique building appears to

grow out of the adjacent hill and evokes
the shape of a budding Heliconia. A 10
20-foot rise in the elevation from one end
to the other further mimics the hillside. The highest level, looking out over this planned
lowest level, a temperate house, takes visitors jungle one can’t help but feel enchanted by
into the Savannah Garden. Here, temperature the scene. In the upper level we found Eu-
variations are set to accommodate plants like phorbias, Huernia, and Barrel cactus as we
Podocarpus, gardenia, crape myrtle, and sago moved into a desert environment. Raised
palms. Hardscape and statuary mirror the feel beds allowed a close look at those smaller
of a southern garden in Atlanta or Birming- gems like Gymnocalycium, Echinopsis, Ech-
ham. One is tempted to call for a mint julep. everia. The same care and thought we found
When the door opened out of the Savannah in the outdoor gardens reverberated under
Garden, we found ourselves in the tropics. A these 12,000 panes of glass.
huge specimen of Bismarckia palm towered Leaving the Gardens, we both vowed to
over Tacca chantrieri (Batflower), orchids, return in the Spring. Every staff member
begonias, ferns, aroids… A month earlier an we met spoke to a vision of more to come,
Amorphophallus titanum, named Old Stinky, of pushing themselves and the Gardens
was the main attraction as it prepared to even further. I didn’t doubt them. What has
bloom. Some of the plants had already begun been accomplished, in such a relatively new
to reach the ceiling and were being air layered garden, can only be described as impressive.
to keep them under control - impressive for And what’s to come should be very exciting.
such a young conservatory. The lively splash- Lauritzen Gardens is open daily 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
ing of a 10-foot waterfall was the backdrop as11 Year’s Day.
we climbed higher. Standing at the far end, the https://www.lauritzengardens.org/

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Huernia zebrina, also known as Lifesaver Plant or Little Owl Eyes, finds a spot in a sunny raised
bed on the highest level of the Conservatory (Fig 9)
A large variegated Monstera deliciosa shares the stage with various palms and aroids. (Fig 10)
Looking out over the artistically planted tropical house. (Fig 11)
A nice specimen of Begonia luxurians. (Fig 12)
A closeup of Bismarckia nobilis, with its peculiar, yet striking metallic colored fronds. (Fig 13)

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 2019 The Begonian Index
ARTISTS AND PHOTOG- Wang, Zhong-Xuan 96 Wells, Wallace 140*
RAPHERS Wells, Wallace 121–122*, Zinn, Johanna 71, 114
Boyajian, Craig 60, 62 140–143*
Broussard, Ron 154–156* Zinn, Johanna 67, 114 INDIVIDUALS
Bustemante, Raab 68 Ardi, Wisnu 129, 235
Challain, Eric 234 AUTHORS Ascher, Heather 103, 110
Corby, Wendy 65, 113, Ardabiliian, Mohammed Ascher, Michael 103, 110
130*, 145* Sadegh Bagheri 14 Avalos, Jorge 227
Delgado, Carlos 49 Ardi, Wisnu 146 Bare, Julie 107, 110
Dong, Shi-Quan 93 Broussard, Ron 154* Baxter, Elaine 235
Dong, Wen-Ke 92 Challain, Eric 234 Berlant, Sally 127
Duruisseau, Jacky 122, 204 Corby, Wendy 65, 126, Bolwell, Ross 128, 210
Dworkin, Walter 28–29, 130* Burt-Utley, Kathleen 45
83, 86 Dong, Wen-Ke 92 Byrom, Doug 71, 132
Hayes, Mary Beth 145– Dworkin, Walter 28, 131* Carlisle, Laurel 219,
148* Fuchs, Ken 8 226–227
Holley, Freda 150–153* George, Kim 50, 112, 127 Carlisle, Paul 210, 218–
Hunt, Gary 201, 220, 223– Hayes, Mary Beth 58, 144* 219, 225–227
225, 227, 240 Heppel, Darren 139 Carroll, Marlene 127, 225
Kerr, Randy Montes 115 Holley, Freda 75, 150* Chamberlin, Wendy 109
Li, Jing-Xiu 95 Kerr, Randy Montes 11, Conklin, Denise 100, 103–
Lui, Yan 93 67, 115 104, 110
Maciejewski, Stephen 81, Kulloli, R. N. 214 Corby, Wendy 145*, 204,
98–111, 227–229 Kumar, R. 214 226
Mack, Michael 136–137* Maciejewski, Stephen 98 Coulat, Joan 127, 218–219,
Martin, Claudia 134–138 Mack, Michael 136* 221, 224–226
McCorquodale, Malcolm Maina, V. 214 Coulson, Sarah 103
218–225 Martin, Claudia 134 Dawn, Victor 234
Pinto, Tony 41, 56, 233 McDole, Butch 204 Donaldson, Deb 111
Price, Stuart, 211 Miller, Don 1, 18 Dong, Wen-Ke 129
Pridgen, Doug 132–133 Ospina, Juan 134 Duruisseau, Jacky 5, 22,
Romeo, Joe 16–17, 40, Pinto, Tony 56 234
230–232 Price, Stuart, 211 Dworkin, Walter 86
Savelle, Sally 44–47, 124, Pridgen, Doug 132* Evans, Deborah 108, 110
124* Purinton, Priscilla 86, 232 Fadden, Rick 30
Scobey, Rick 235 Purohit C.S. 214 Flaherty, Mike 129, 210,
Stewart, Dee 145* Romeo, Joe 3, 17, 230 222, 227
Sturgeon, Walt 72–74 Savelle, Sally 4, 44, 84, Forsberg, Mary 104
Tamblyn, Linda 42, 149*, 124, 124* Fullerton, Sharon 104
202 Schoellhorn, Rick 53 Gaine, Edward 103
Tebbitt, Mark 134–138 Sturgeon, Walt 72 Garrett, Debbie 22
Tian, Dai-Ke 95 Symczak, Betsy 30, 71 Gibian, Judy 30
Utzig, Gloria 59, 63–64, Tamblyn, Linda 24 Gittens, Lee 103, 107
147–148*,160* Tebbitt, Mark 88, 134 Hage, Julie 30

* Note: Page numbers in the September/October issue were duplicates. Page numbers listed in Index with
asterisk (*) indicate page is in The Begonian September/October issue.
34 The Begonian
Hamilton, Taddie 9, 48,130 Romeo, Joe 3, blancii 67–68, 109
Hamm, Bob 127 Rose, Stephanie 235 boliviensis 134–138
Hammer, Stuart 30 Sakamoto, Mary 145* carolineifolia 151*
Hayes, Mary Beth 30 Sandoval, Ernesto 128, 228 cathayana 94
Holley, Freda 71, 130 Savage Pat 30 celebica 155
Hollingsworth, Dennis 127, Savage, Phyllis 30 comestibilis 154–155
218, 224–225, 229 Savelle, Sally 131, 204, crassicaulis 151*, 153*
Hunt, Gary 223 211, 234 crispula 225, 233
Jaros, Charles 106 Schaffer, Debra 109 cubensis 140*
Jones, Jeanne 28 Schoelhorn, Rick 9, 45, 48, deliciosa 133*
Kammerer, Linda 30 130–131 dregei 140*, 149*, 227
Kartuz, Micheal 82 Star, Susan 30 dregei Glasgow 226
Keepin, Tom 205 Stewart, Martha 145* eiromischa 19
Kerr, Randy Montes 131, Strover, Russell 83, 110 foliosa var miniata 107
204, 211 Symczak, Betsy 30 froebelii 18
Ketler, Virginia 86 Symczak, Ralph 30 gehrtii 232
Leaphart, Laura 219, Tebbitt, Mark 84 gemella 152–153, 157
224–226 Thomas, Daniel 235 glabra 52
Lenert, Cheryl 9, 48, 104, Thompson, Brad 4, 28–29, grandis 93–94
205 65, 129, 131*, 149* hemsleyana 19–20
Leslie Anne Miller 100, Tian, Dai-Ke 96, 128, 210 heracleifolia 63
104, 110–111 Tsamtsis, Paul 127, 219, heteroclinis 148, 150, 157
MacFarland, Ed 100, 110 224, 227 hirtella 150
Maciejewski, Stephen 9, Welsh Janet 46, 110 hooveriana 155–156
48, 100, 110–111, Welsh, Lou 46, 100 hydrocotylifolia 63, 142*
127, 131, 221, 224, Wheeler, Dennis 218–219, imperfecta 155
227 224–227, 231 jinyunensis 234
Macnair, Richard 30 White, Tiffany 219, 222, koksunii 67–68
Macnair, Wanda 30, 144* 225–227 ludwigii 19–20
Moonen, Joep 56 Wister, Diana 83, 100 lugonis 19, 21
Moonlight, Peter 53 Wulovits, Flor 132 luxurians 142*
Moran, Cindy 132 Zinman, Maxine 114 maculata 92
Moran, Harry 228 Zinn, Johanna 106, 132, manicata 63
Morris, Rekha 10, 49 210 mannii 67
Nauyok, George 228 masarangensis 148, 150–151
Norby, Desiree 30 BEGONIAS masoniana 59, 147*
Norton, Darrin 115, 146* Species maynensis 229
Notaras, Carol 203, 212 amphioxus 121* mendumae 155
Nuss, Irene 131* ampla 234 metallicolor 44–45, 234
Oberoi, Himanshu 30 anisoptera 23 micranthera 88–90,136
Oberoi, Jashiree 30 aptera 150 microsperma 19–20, 63
Parr, Diane 203 arborescens 122* montis-elephantis 21–22
Price, Bobbie 149* austrovietnamica 115 moysesii 232–233
Pridgen, Doug 131 baik 122, 147* negrosensis 43
Pridgen, Joyce 131 barkeri 63 nelumbiifolia 151–152*
Reisboard, Richard 103, 110 bipinnatifida 225 nossibea 234

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octopetala 90–91 Hybrids ‘Helen Teupel’ 61
oxyphylla 140* ‘#85’ 226 ‘Helena’ 218–219, 224–
ozotothrix 155 ‘Alice’s White Rabbit’ 29 225, 240
palmata 123*, 132–133*, ‘Amberley’ 227 ‘Honeycomb’ 86
220, 224 ‘Angel Christy’ 219, ‘Janet Brown’ 219, 225
paulensis 233 224–225 ‘Johnny B Goode’ 83, 86
pearcei 218–219, 226 ‘Arabian Sunset’ 103 ‘Just Dandy’ 222
peltata 151* ‘Audrey Brenda’ 86 ‘Karl Foster’ 227
picta 66, 68, 203, 214, ‘Aunt Edith’ 29 ‘Lady Ingeborg’ 219, 225
214–217 ‘Autumn Best’ 100 ‘Lady Iris Bird’ 219, 224,
picturata 234 ‘Autumn Ember’ 103, 107, 226
plebja 153 226 ‘Lavender Lace’ 225
polygonoides 218–219, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ 150– ‘Little Brother
221, 225 152* Montgomery’ 227
prismatocarpa 58–59, ‘Bashful Bandit’ 100 ‘Little Darling’ 111
62–63, 70 ‘Big Red’ 219, 224 ‘Little Miss Mummey’ 28
promethea 45 ‘Black Gold’ 28 ‘Little Night Music’ 82
quadrialata subsp. ‘Blazing Sun’ 226 ‘Looking Glass’ 120
nimbaensis 70 boliviensis ‘Sparks Will ‘Making Waves’ 3
rajah 58–59, 62, 67 Fly’ 145* ‘Manaus’ 103
Rex-cultorum group 17, 68, ‘Boomer’ 59, 62–63 ‘Margaret Fisher’ 123*
154–156*, 211, 225 ‘Buttercup’ 58, 63 ‘Marmaduke’ 59, 62, 64,
rex Putzey, 211, 232 ‘Castaway’ 28 100
rieckei 149–150 ‘Cathedral’ 59–60, 63, 219, ‘Mary Sakamoto’ 28
roseopunctata 46 225 ‘Matt Coulter’ 17
salaziensis 1, 21–22 ‘Champagne Bubbles’ 160 ‘Mellow Yellow’ 28
sanguinea 93 ‘Christabel’ 152–153* ‘Mike Flaherty’ 222, 225
sarasinorum 155 ‘Christmas Curl’ 139–142 ‘Mme. De Lessops’ 131*
scharffii 111 ‘Corallina de Lucerna’ ‘Morris Mueller’ 226
siregarii 155 92–93, 131*, 151* ‘Mr. O’Flaherty’ 226
sizemoreae 17, 230–231 ‘Cowardly Lion’ 132 ‘Nautilus Supreme’ 154*
soli-mutata × reniformis 63 ‘Dale Kramer’ 222, 223 ‘Nell Gwynne’ 226
soli-mutata 63, 100 ‘Dimitri’ 227 ‘Orange Multiflora’ 227
strachwitzii 148–151, 157 ‘Encanto’ 227 ‘Orange Rubra’ 202
subalpestris 219, 227 ‘Erythrophylla Helix’ 109 ‘Paul Carlisle’ 222, 225
tagbanua 68 ‘Erythrophylla’ 58, 60–61, ‘Pearlie Mae’ 224, 226
taliensis 160* 63, 103, 151* ‘Penny Lahn’ 222, 225
thelmae 58, 60, 62 ‘Escargot’ 59 ‘Peridot’ 223–224
trichocarpa 214 ‘Fabrege’ 29 ‘Phoe’s Chloe’ 103
U404 19 ‘Fire Breathing Dragon’ ‘Pigskin’ 63
U484 103 156* ‘Que Será’ 152–153*
U489 219, 224, 227 ‘Fred Martin’ 227 ‘Randy MK2’ 201, 224,
U561 68 ‘Golden State’ 225 230–232
undulata 132, 143* ‘Greenfire’ 226 ‘Raspberry Torte’ 142
vankerckhovenii 46 ‘Grey Nurse’ 219, 225 ‘Red Robin’ 154*
venosa 58, 60, 63 ‘Gryphon’ 14, 43, 59, 64 ‘Red Tango’ 218–219, 227
versicolor 67 ‘Gun Metal’ 124* ‘Redington Shores’ 226

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A Useful IDB Tip
By Freda Holley, Choudrant, LA
If you are ever discussing a plant in an email and don’t have its photo, you can copy
its ID from The International Database of the BEGONIACEAE or IDB (http://ibegonias.
filemakerstudio.com.au/) as shown. You can then click on the green check mark in the
right-hand column. It will take you to the plant’s photo page. This works really well for
a species with many varieties where you can just copy the page and capture access to all
the forms.

‘Rexual’ 16 Other Plants Favorite plant?

‘Ricinifolia’ 42, 58, 61, Amanita jacksonii 43, Successful
63, 80
‘River Nile’ 28
72–73 growing
Armillaria mellea 74
‘Rudy’ 219 Cortinarius iodes 72–73 experience?
‘Silver Queen’ 211
‘Silver Shimmer’ 230–231
Ficus pumila 70 Ways to care for
Hillebrandia sandwicensis
‘Silver Swirl’ 154* 89–91 a hard-to-grow
‘Snow Goose’ 226
‘Sophie Cecile’ 61, 81
Hoya obovata 111 plant?
Lobelia cardinalis 134
‘Steve’s Leaves Cosmic Ludwigia 88
Candy’ 142 Microsorum diversifolium
‘Steve’s Leaves Phantom’ 224 Send your story
142 Omphalotus illudens 73 to The Begonian
‘Steve’s Leaves Yellow Peperomia 70
Jacket’ 121, 142 Phaeolus schweinitzii 74 today! We learn
‘Tall Paul’ 7 Pholiota squarrosoides 73 by sharing!
‘Tiger Kitten’ 109, 145* Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri 25
‘Tom Ment’ 227
‘Tweedle Dee’ 100
Schlumbergera bridgesii Email your
27
‘Vera Coates’ 203, 227 Schlumbergera truncata article to:
‘Whimsey’ 224, 226 25–27
‘Wild Pony’ 59, 63–64 begoniaskc@yahoo.
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Secretary... Frances Drescher, 11529 Riverchase Run
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33412; 561-385-1213; secre- begoniaskc@yahoo.com
tary@begonias.org
Treasurer... Wendy Corby, 2533 Warrego Stylesheet available on request.
Way, Sacramento, CA 95826; 916-362-8608;
Treasurer@begonias.org

Appointed Chairs & Directors Judging Co-chairs... Johanna Zinn, 4407 Jensen Place,
Audit... Paul Tsamtsis, 791 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, Fairfax, VA 22032; 703-323-7513; jazinn@cox.net &
CA 95815-3540 Betsy Szymczak, 3 Maple Avenue, Natick, MA 01760-4312;
Awards... Cheryl Lenert, 21744 FM 2920, Hockley, TX 617-750-1422; szymczakb@gmail.com
77447; 281-255-9004; lenert@flash.net Members-at-Large... Sandy Boyd, 5 Walnut Circle,
Ballot Counting... Melissa Worton, 3722 Tanner Lane, Chico, CA 95973; 530-891-5760; smacboyd@gmail.com
San Diego, CA 92111; 858-472-0540 Membership Committee... Co-chairs: Sally Savelle,
Book Store... Jan Brown; 310-670-4471; sally.savelle@gmail; Randy Montes Kerr, justrandy2@
begoniabrown@yahoo.com yahoo.com
Branch Relations... Tom Keepin, 4513 Randwick Dr., Membership Registrar... Linda Kammerer, PO Box
Houston, TX 77092-8343; 713-686-8539; 6261, Providence, RI 02940; 401-484-8854;
thomas.keepin@gmail.com amerbegmembership@gmail.com
Business Manager... Doug Byrom, 1725 Brazos Bend Nomenclature... Dr. Rick Schoellhorn, 7421 NW 176th
Ave., Smithville, Texas 78957; 512-237-0390; St., Alachua, FL 32615; 352-226-0006;
douglasbyrom@gmail.com rick@provenwinners.com
Conservation Co-Chairs... Johanna Zinn, 4407 Jensen Cultivar Registrar...Priscilla Purinton, 129 Queens
Place, Fairfax, VA 22032; 703-323-7513; jazinn@ River Dr., West Kingston, RI 02892; 401-688-0678;
cox.net & Stephen Maciejewski, 2030 Fitzwater St., ppurinton@gmail.com
Philadelphia, PA. 19146; 215-869-9445; Parliamentarian... Linda Lawson, 525 Terrace Place,
Teciu1949@gmail.com Norman, OK 73069-5034; 405-524-1261or 405-326-4566
Convention Advisor... Mary Sakamoto, 13362 Mount Publications Committee... Freda Holley, 251 Pylant Rd,
Hood Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92705; 714-852-3695; Choudrant, LA, 71227; 318-251-2296;
m.sakamoto@sbcglobal.net gehrtii@icloud.com
Convention... Wendy Corby, 2533 Warrego Way, Sacramen- Save Our Species Coordinator... Johanna Zinn, 4407
to, CA 95826; 916-362-8608; Convention@begonias.org Jensen Place, Fairfax, VA 22032; 703-323-7513;
Entries/Classification...Vacant jazinn@cox.net
Grants Committee... Stephanie Rose, 1128 S. Granada Seed Fund... Tom Keepin, 4513 Randwick Dr., Houston,
Ave., Alhambra, CA 91801; 626-289-2250; TX 77092-8343; 713-686-8539;
sjroseborn@aol.com abs.seed.fund@gmail.com Donations of seeds are to be
Hybrid Preservation Committee... Walter Dworkin, 8 mailed to Tom at his home address.
Rugby Road, Westbury, New York 11590; 516- 334-4674; Seed Fund orders and payments are to be mailed to
Pixieproud@aol.com the ABS Treasurer, Wendy Corby, 2533 Warrego Way,
Historian...Sandra Threadcraft, 3058 Weslock Circle, Sacramento, CA 95826; 916-362-8608, and checks
Decatur, Georgia 30034; 404-243-8686; are to be made out to the American Begonia Society.
Sunmoontrine@yahoo.com
Unidentified Species (U Numbers)... Randy Kerr; jus-
Horticultural Correspondent... Vacant
trandy2@yahoo.com; Don Miller;  don2342@hotmail.
Internet Editor... Malcolm McCorquodale;
com; Dinesh Sembukuttiarachchi; dsem3@hotmail.com
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