Cultivar

B. ‘Dainty Dan’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Dainty Dan’
Originator: Glen Lewis
Date of Origin: 1976
Place: Reseda, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula
Male Parent: B. ‘Dainty Lady’
ABS No: 553
Publication Reference: ABS;B77 a079
Article References: The Begonian (44) March 1977, p. 79-80.

Plant

Description: No. 553 -'Begonia (B. conchifolia 'Zip' X B. 'Dainty Lady') 'Dainty Dan' Originated in 1973 by Glen Lewis for Plant Shop's Botanical Gardens (address above) this rhizomatous plant was first distributed in 1976. Leaves are dark green, black edged, with a red dot in center of the semi-oakleaf shaped leaf, 4 x 5" margin undulated, uneven; texture smooth-wavy; 8-nerved; petioles 6-8". Flowers in spring, pink. Registered September 3, 1976.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula

Male parent

B. ‘Dainty Lady’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Dainty Dan’

Female parent

B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula

B. ‘Zip’ hort. 1959.—J. Golding, Begonian 40:173–179, 188–190. 1973.; B. conchifolia ‘Zip’; basionym:Begoniaceae Begonia conchifolia var. rubrimacula Golding, Begonian 40(8): 189. 1973;

Male parent

B. ‘Dainty Lady’

Cited as a seedling of the female parent.

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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