Cultivar
B. ‘Triomphe de Lemoine’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Triomphe de Lemoine’
- Originator
- Lemoine
- Date of Origin
- 1890
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Place
- France
- Country
- France
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Female Parent
- B. socotrana
- Male Parent
- B. strigillosa
- Publication Reference
- GA; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- Wiener illustrirte Garten-Zeitung, jahr. 15, (1890)
Plant
- Description
- Wiener illustrirte Garten-Zeitung, jahr. 15, (1890) B. 'Triomphe de Lemoine' a New winter-flowering Begonia. In 1887, when we produced the image of the Begonia socatrana, we recommended this beautiful bulbous species as an incomparable winter flowerer of general culture, and expressed the conviction that this species would become the parent plant of a new Begonia race. We have not changed our position in any way, for the very first results of intersections made, such as 'Gloire de Sceaux', 'John Heal' and others, excited general and well-justified sensation, as did the last product of hybridizing B. 'Triomphe de Lemoine'. This novelty is reproduced and described in the newspaper 'Garden and Forest' and, according to the breeder Lemoine in Nancy, comes from B. socotrana, fertilized with another winter-flowering species, probably B. Roezli. It forms in the course of the year rich-leaved plants of 45 centimeters high at 80 centimeters in diameter can be grown. The upright shoots hold numerous bloom clusters. The large, dull heart-shaped, almost shield-shaped leaves have 18 centimeters in diameter, of which, however, the lower ones are always larger than those at the top, the blooms are brilliantly colored, similar to those of Impatiens Sultani. The male Blooms have four petals and a size of 4 to 5 centimeters, the female appear only extremely rarely. The buds unfold in December, and the abundant bloom decorations last until the month of May. At this time, this novelty was exhibited and admired at the Paris exhibition last year.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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