Cultivar
B. ‘Mme. Arthur Billard’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Mme. Arthur Billard’
- Originator
- Arthur Billard
- Date of Origin
- 1906
- Place
- Le Vésinet
- Country
- France
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Madame Arthur Billard, Mrs. Arthur Billard
- Publication Reference
- JSNH; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- Revue Horticole, Annee 83 (1911)
Plant
- Description
- Revue Horticole, Annee 83 (1911) (translated via Google Translate) New Tuberous Begonias: Tuberous Begonia breeders are continuing their improvements and making further progress. Each year, at the Paris Spring Exhibition, our specialists, Mr. Arthur Billard and MM. Vallerand, present in their beautiful lots of new varieties. We reviewed the main varieties collected. Among the varieties put on the market for two or three years, the following seem particularly recommendable: Madame Arthur Billard - Plant very vigorous, standing well, flowers very big, very full, of a charming color pink tender. Mr. Billard had exhibited in Paris, last May, a lot of a delightful plants, of which the figure opposite (Fig. 171) shows the central part.
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Madame Arthur Billard, Mrs. Arthur Billard
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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