Cultivar
B. ‘Dusky Shadows’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Dusky Shadows’
- Originator
- Leslie Woodriff
- Date of Origin
- 1976
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Place
- McKinleyville, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Red Planet’
- Male Parent
- B. carolineifolia
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. ‘Dusk’;
- ABS No
- 721
- Publication Reference
- ABS; Begonian 46:218. 1979; The Begonian, Sep 1979;
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Sep 1979;
Plant
- Description
- Vigorous plant with a dusty appearance to the strikingly patterned leaves.; No. 721-Begonia (8. 'Red Planet' x B. carolineifolia) 'Dusky Shadows' (Synonym 'Dusk') Rhizomatous. Leaves have plum-red mazelike pattern on dusty-green background and are unequally cordate with shallowly lobed margin and medium thick, crisp texture; 7" X 5"; 7-veined; petioles tan with red dashes and soft brown hairs; stipules green with red edge, persistent. Flowers are pale pink with green ovaries, round, 1¼", with 2 male and 2 female tepals, blooming winter to spring. Soft brown hairs on nearly all plant parts become sparse as plant matures, giving a dusty appearance to the strikingly patterned leaves on this vigorous plant. Originated by Leslie Woodriff, 1100 Griffith Road, McKinleyville, CA 95521, in 1976; first bloomed in 1977, first distributed in 1976. Tested by Thelma O'Reilly and Ronnie Nevins. Registered July 14, 1979.
- Stem Type
- Rhizome
- Other Features
- Soft brown hairs on nearly all plant parts become sparse as plant matures
Lineage
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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