Flat Bottom Sphere

Real Tuberous Begonias - Begonia tuberhybrida Flower specimen encased in clear lucite material. The specimen is crystal clear, transparent and indestructible. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put the Flower right at your fingertips!

Anyone can safely explore the Flower from every angle. 

Size of the Flower is 6.0 cm (2.4 inch).

Diameter of the sphere dome is 7.5 cm (3 inch).

Weight of the sphere is 260 g and 320 g with packing box.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.

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Tuberous Begonias - Begonia tuberhybrida

Order: Cucurbitales   Family: Begoniaceae   Genus: Begonia   Species: tuberhybrida

Originating in the high Andes Mountains of South American, begonia tuberhybrida often grow in regions that are above the 10,000 to 12,000 feet level. In this region the daytime temperatures are moderate and the nights are cool. To grow these flowers it is necessary to start them indoors; you will need to use UV lamps to begin the growing process but can transplant them outdoors after all danger of frost has passed.

Distribution and habitat: Begonia × tuberhybrida are a group of Begonia cultivars, regarded as some of the most spectacular of the genus. This is by the far the most widely grown type of tuberous begonias and it is also probably the most popular type of begonia worldwide. Over many decades of hybridizing work, various species traits were combined to create what we know as the tuberhybrida type today.
The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates.  In cooler climates, Begonia × tuberhybrida plants are commonly grown indoors as ornamental houseplants or cultivated outside in summertime for their bright colorful flowers.

Description: Begonia × tuberhybrida are grown for their handsome flowers. Plants truly characteristics of the group have swollen underground stem (tuber) and are deciduous with a period of total dormancy every year.
Begonia × tuberhybrida forms usually have fleshy, erect stems up to 2cm (0.8 inch) thick and 38cm (15 inch) tall, with a few hybrids having a trailing habit. The soft easy damage, pointed-oval leaves 15-30cm (6-12 inch) long and 8-13cm (3-5 inch) wide are dark green but vein areas in some forms are a paler green. Flowers bloom in summer on 15cm (6 inch) long flower stalk arising from leaf axils. Male flowers are sometimes many-petaled and up to 15cm (6 inch) across, whereas female flowers are single-layered and up to only 5cm (2 inch) across. Flower colours is white or any shade of pink, red, yellow or orange.
All forms are dormant in winter.

Height: .5 to 1.5 feet

Spread: .5 to 1.5 feet

Leaf arrangement: alternate

Leaf type: simple

Leaf margin: lobed

Leaf shape: cordate

Leaf venation: pinnate

Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches

Flower color: white; pink; salmon; orange; yellow

Flower characteristic: showy