Cultivar

B. ‘Sylvia’

See B. ‘Sophie Cecile’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Sylvia’
Originator: Belva Nelson Kusler
Date of Origin: 1961
Publication Date: 1961
Place: Siren, Wi.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like - Superba
Female Parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
Male Parent: B. aconitifolia
Synonyms and Comments: B. ‘Sophie Cecile’ released in Australia as B. ‘Sylvia’
ABS No: 174
Publication Reference: ABS; RBL; The Begonian, Sep 1973;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :36. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :67. 1983;

Plant

Plant Height: Medium 1m
Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Lenore Olivier’

Male parent

B. aconitifolia

B. ‘Sophie Cecile’ released in Australia as B. ‘Sylvia’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Sylvia’

B. ‘Sophie Cecile’ released in Australia as B. ‘Sylvia’

Female parent

B. ‘Lenore Olivier’

B. ‘Zulu’;

Female parent

B. dichroa

Male parent

B. ‘Elaine’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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