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Cultivar

B. ‘Curly It’

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Curly It’
Originator
Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin
1979
Publication Date
1982
Place
McKinleyville, Ca.
Country
USA
Region
America
Plant Type
Rex Cultorum
Female Parent
B. ‘It’
Synonyms and Comments
Sport from the female parent.
ABS No
839
Publication Reference
ABS;B82 a086
Article References
The Begonian (49) July 1982, p. 86-87.

Plant

Description
Begonia 'Curly It' No. 839-B. 'It' sport 'Curly It' Rhizomatous with erect stem, Rex Cultorum foliage, and compact habit. A double-spiraled form of the long-grown Woodriff cultivar B. 'It' (B. 'President' x socotrana), this new mutation has 6" x 4" light-green leaves with silver splotches, slightly serrate margin, slightly pustulate surface, and 6 main veins. Petioles are light green; stipules, pale pink. Pink 1 ½” x 1 ½”, 4-tepaled male and female flowers- similar to those of B. 'It'-ate borne on 10" peduncles the year round. Originated in 1979 by Leslie Woodriff, Fairyland Begonia Garden, 1100 Griffith Road, McKinleyville, CA 95521; first bloomed in 1979; first distributed in 1980. Published in Mildred L. Thompson and Edward J. Thompson, Begonias: The Complete Reference Guide, 1981, pp. 145, 297. Registered June 26, 1982.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘It’

Unresolved

Male parent

Not recorded

Sport from the female parent.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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