I would appreciate any help in naming these 5 begonias

I would appreciate any help in naming these 5 begonias

Flowers are not enough to ID the begonias in question.

#1 is probably 'Dragon Wings'
#4 looks like 'Corallina de Lucerna' (most abbreviate it to 'Lucerna') - an old hybrid but still quite popular for a passalong plant
#5 may be 'Richmondensis' which is a great bloomer. The leaves look a little smaller than what I remember.

Thanks I was just looking for the species does that mean the first on is Begonia coccinea and the 4 and 5th are Begonia hybrids?

Are these in the wild?

Maybe the first one is u014, #4 may be argentea, and #5 perhaps acutifolia.

None of them are wild.

I love the flowers on #3, could we see a photo of the leaves on that one?

The leaves on my Corallina de Lucerna started out bright and shiny like those pictured above. However, as they matured they got dull and very uninteresting; good thing the flowers were showy.

Sorry I do not have any more photos.

hcmcdole

I have noticed a begonia similar to the one in pic. #1 above used in a
lot of hanging baskets and planters. it is VERY pretty!
It looks like a dwarfed version of the common Deagon Wing begonia.
The leaves are smaller--but still have that wing shape.And--the blooms
almost resemble the red wax Begonias. but they are NOT.

I work in the Garden Dept. at a Home dDepot--so I notice new plants coming
in for sale. This Begonia has been new to me--and very widely used in containers,
but NOT available in 4" pots or 6" pots as other annuals are.

I have it in a Hanging basket. I also see it in humongous planters in
shopping malls and landscaping. It seems to be a form of Dragon Wing B.
But--what is it called???
I LOVE it--and plan to take cuttings to grow in my garden next summer.

Gita

Hey Gita,

Looks like Dragon Wing Pink in that photo. Another great wax like begonia is 'Big'.

Here is a photo of my two B. 'Big' this year. I treat them as annuals as they are readily available the next year and are very inexpensive and grow like crazy. The big begonia is 'Maggie Nodal' and one you can't see from this side is 'Gryphon'.




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Thanks---BUT--

The more common Dragon Wing begonia we all are used to having in ourto a point.
The blooms tend to hang in clusters--like grapes.

The ones, as in my HB, the leaves are smaller and blunt on the ends.
Also--the blooms are not all that pendulous. I swear--this was the 1st year
I saw these all over at Home depot.

here is what i consider the "more common" DW Begonia. I have these in a pot.

It reminds me of a traditional angel wing that has been treated, by the grower, with a growth retardant. That tends to cause a plant to grow in a more compact, shorter, fuller form.

Gita, too close to call based on those two photos. For now I would still say Dragon Wings Pink, perhaps Baby Wings Pink. Maybe the grower used a high phosphorus to get bigger and more blooms? Don't get too obsessed on names but rather the looks of a plant - the blooms
and foliage are more important than a name, wouldn't you agree?

I Totally agree...!

I do not know the Horticultural names at all--and when people
get going describing all that they bought and have blooming...my eyes
and ears just glaze over.
Many times I have asserted--"Please speak English here"---and then
everyone tries to include the common names in parentheses after the
Horticultural names. And then--it all fades once more...

I get it! I get it---why those fancy names are important---BUT--if we are
just chatting about our gardens here--it would be nice if "they" used the
common names so I (and others, I am sure) can follow along.

I like to look into the Plant ID Forum now and then--and when someone
ID's the plant--they write--It is a ccjnebcxioi ypusnfd b Whoopie!
ADD THE COMMON NAME AS WELL--so others can know what it is. PLEASE!!!

Gita

Even the Plant Files have some wrong entries so I rarely ever use it as a reference and some photos are not that good to use as an ID.

Common names are good - at least most folks remember them and can spell them so they can Google for the scientific (is it scientific?) name. Often the scientific name has many synonyms as well... Anyhoo we are beating a dead horse.