Author: Pang Hwan Ju<br />File Type: pdf<br />The Kimjongilia is a very large flower and sometimes exceeds 25centimetres in diameter. It is a new variety of the tuberous begoniawhich puts forth glossy and crimson polypetalous flowers of lionshapedflowering. I bred it in my flower garden in 1988, named itKimjongilia and presented it to the dear General Kim Jong Il as a gift.The tuberous begonia is a flowering plant which has been evolvedthrough protracted and complicated crossbreeding of several purebreeds whose original home is the highlands of the Andes in SouthAmerica like Bolivia and Peru. So, if it is grown in the places cool insummer and not very cold in winter and where the sun shines for morethan 12 hours a day like on the highlands of the tropical regions, goodflowers can be bloomed all the year round.