Cultivar

B. ‘Robert Golden’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Robert Golden’
Originator: Brad Thompson
Date of Origin: 2004
Place: California
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous - upright jointed
Female Parent: B. ‘Connee Boswell’
Male Parent: B. Un-named rex cv.
Synonyms and Comments: Male parent a red variety
Publication Reference: BTL;YBG

Plant

Stem Type: Erect stems arising from a short underground rhizome
Stem Habit: Thin, swollen nodes, freely branching
Pests Diseases: Resistant to powdery mildew

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Connee Boswell’

Male parent

B. Un-named rex cv.

Male parent a red variety

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Robert Golden’

Male parent a red variety

Female parent

B. ‘Connee Boswell’

Conee Boswell; Connie Boswell

Female parent

B. palmata var. palmata

laciniata Roxburgh ex Wallich, Numer. List: 129, no. 3678A. 1831, nomen nudum. ; laciniata Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 3:649. 1832.; u026; roylei K. Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 10:75;u567; U477 u

Male parent

B. diadema

Considered to be a cultivar because no other finds in Borneo have occurred;

Male parent

B. Un-named rex cv.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Propagation Method: Leaf-petiole cuttings; leaf wedge cuttings; stem cuttings