On the network, pictures of an unusual plant are popular, the flowers of which look like butterflies of different colors. It is claimed that this is a special variety of begonia. We checked whether there is such a flower.
Posts with photos Begonia variety "Moon Butterfly) public And groups V Facebook* And "VKontakte"Where they are gaining thousands Likes and hundreds reposts. These images are found in other sources: from online magazines for arrangement of the house And gardening, where the deployed illustrated articles are devoted to an unusual flower, before sites With online puzzles. Many users admire this allegedly a miracle of nature, but others express doubts In the authenticity of photos.
Begonia (Begonia) - genus Perennial flowering plants from the Begoniaceae family. These are herbaceous plants or half -brushes with juicy stems, large, often asymmetric leaves and flowers of different shades. Begonia comes from wet subtropical and tropical regions of South and Central America, Africa and South Asia. In nature, they are found in the undergrowth of tropical forests, often grow on wet, well -drained soils, sometimes on the cortex of trees or in wet clefts of rocks. Cultivate begonia Started In Europe at the end of the 18th century, when the botanist Charles Plumier brought up the first copies from the West Indies. He also gave the family the name in honor of Michel Begon, the governor of the French Caribbean colonies. Active selection and hybridization of begonia began in the 19th century, and by 1847, 70–80 varieties were already grown in European greenhouses. Over time, begonias became available to the general public and were among the most popular indoor plants.
More than 2000 species are included in Begonia, which makes it one of the largest in this indicator. However, c catalog There is no global biogrates that collects and systematizes data on all types of all organisms on the planet, there is no begonias of the Lunar Blub. Not Mentioned He is in the "Catalog of Life", which is led by hundreds of leading taxonomists from all over the world.
In total, 17 different images of begonia “Moon Babochka” discovered. And if each of them separately may seem genuine, when studying almost two dozen pictures, doubts begin to creep. So, in the pictures of the flowers there are different colors: black and white, white-pink, blue, etc. Different plants are significantly different in the shape of leaves, which is uncharacteristic for representatives of the same species. Typically, in such cases, botanists talk about different varieties: for example, a variety of a popular room plant of spathiphyllum with large leaves are called Cannifolium, and with more small - Blandum. There are no photographs of both young, only blooming plants, and strongly overgrown bushes. Finally, all the begonias presented are surprisingly well -groomed - there are no wilting flowers, falling leaves and unwritten buds.
All this suggests that images are created using AI. This hypothesis is confirmed by a re-detector from Hive-the probability that each of the 17 pictures was generated by neural networks, he estimated from 96.7% to 99.9%. An analysis of images using similar services for recognizing generative content led to the same conclusions.
In the Russian -language segment of the Internet, the image of the begonia “Moon Babochka” appeared no later than September 2024. On September 8, the community "your time has come" on Facebook Published A picture with a white-pink flower, the post scored almost 8,000 likes and more than 1000 reposts. Pictures of begonias of other colors appeared later-for example, a picture with a black and white plant became popular in December 2024, probably after publications In the community "Flowers of the whole world, living nature" in the same social network. However, Russian -speaking users cannot be considered “discoverers” of the variety - in English there are publications with others generated images, dating end August 2024.
Thus, the begonia variety "Moon Babochka" does not exist. All the images that allegedly captured this flower are created.
Image on the cover: Facebook
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