Rhizomatous Begonias are the largest group in cultivation. There are well over 700 known species and hundreds of cultivars both named and un-named. As the name suggests, these begonias have a rhizome that is essentially a thickened stem. The following are examples of some rhizomatous begonias which members of the Melbourne Begonia Society grow.

B (rhizo) ‘manicata var aureomaculata’ – Vicki Russell

B Cowardly Lion (rhizo) – Vicki Russell

B. Miss Melbourne (rhizo) (Foliage) -Grower: Peg Moyle

B. Peter Sharp (rhizo) (Foliage) – Grower: Bruce Moyle

B. Rhizome ‘Amy Creaser’ (Foliage) – Grower: Vicki Russell

B. Rhizome ‘Cowardly Lion’ (Foliage) – Grower: Kevin Butterworth

B. Rhizome ‘Plum Swirl’ (Foliage) – Grower: Kevin Butterworth

B. Rhizome ‘Virbob’ (Foliage) – Grower: Kevin Butterworth

B. carrieae,

B. ‘Honey’,

B. kenworthyae,

B. melanobullata

B. microsperma

B. ‘Aquamarine’,

B. sudjanae,

B. ‘Lemon Candy’,

B. ‘Connee Boswell’,

B. ‘Cowardly Lion’,

B. ‘Angel Glow’,

B. decora

B. Erythrophylla

B. gehrtii,

B. ‘Little Ruby’,

B. manicata ‘aureo-maculata’,

B. ‘Moon Moss’,

B. sizemoreae,

B. ‘Sweet Chilli’,

B. velloziana,

B. masoniana,

B. ‘Lime Crush’

B. U400

Cane-Like | Rex | Rhizomatous | Semi-Tuberous | Semperflorens | Shrub-Like |
Thick-Stemmed | Trailing-Scandent | Tuberous

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