Cultivar
B. ‘Dandy Lion’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Dandy Lion’
- Originator
- Reseda Plant Shop
- Date of Origin
- 1976
- Place
- Reseda, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Big Red Jr.’
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Sir Edward Hodgins’
- ABS No
- 551
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B77 a079
- Article References
- The Begonian (44) March 1977, p. 79-80.
Plant
- Description
- No. 551 - Begonia (B, 'Big Red Jr.' X B. 'Sir Edwin Hodgins') 'Dandy Lion' This rex cultorum was originated in 1973 and first distributed in 1976 by The Plant Shop's Botanical Gardens, 1800 Topham St., Reseda, CA 91335. Leaves 6 x 9" are silver-green with irregular edge, lavender pink overlay, and green center; margin slightly serrated; texture pebbly; veins eight; petioles 6-8", slightly hairy. Has not bloomed. Registered September 3, 1976.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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