Cultivar

B. ‘Emperor’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Emperor’
Originator: Sander
Date of Origin: 1903
Place: England
Country: UK
Region: Europe
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. cathayana
Male Parent: B. rex
Publication Reference: K; WBHC-WW;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :82. 1980; The Begonian, Apr 1945;

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. cathayana

Male parent

B. rex

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Emperor’

Female parent

B. cathayana

Etymology: from the old English name “Cathay” for China; B. bowringiana hort. Sander, Gard. Chron. III 33:245, pl.. 1903, non Champion. 1852. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:524. 1939;

Male parent

B. rex

Etymology: Latin rex (king), say no more! B. longiciliata Cheng-Yih Wu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 33(3):271, pl. 17. 1995.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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