Cultivar

B. ‘Elanora’

Photos

1 photo

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Elanora’
Originator: Mickey Meyer
Date of Origin: 1969
Publication Date: 1972
Place: Tathra, NSW.
Country: Australia
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ‘Black Beauty’
Male Parent: B. glandulosa
ABS No: 313
AABS No: 2
Publication Reference: AUST;ABS;ACL2;B72 a202

Plant

Description: Rhizomatous begonia with star like pointed leaves of pine green with a smudgy black margin and veins
Growth Type: low growing mound
Plant Habit: Bun shaped mound
Stem Type: rhizome
Stem Habit: creeping
Sun Tolerance: early morning sun
Plant Hardiness: 0°c in sheltered position

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Black Beauty’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. glandulosa

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Elanora’

Female parent

B. ‘Black Beauty’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. glandulosa

B. dayi hort. Begonian 14:174, pl. 183. 1947.; B. nigrovenia hort. Linden ex W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 87:pl. 5256. 1861.; B. hidalgensis L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 40:241, pl. 1b–g. 1950. ; B. nigrovenia Regel, Gartenfl. 16:163, pl. 456. 1867.; B. pinetorum A. de Candolle. 1859, Sphalmate.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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