Cultivar
B. ‘Fairyland’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Fairyland’
- Originator
- Leslie Woodriff
- Date of Origin
- 1977
- Place
- McKinleyville, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Bokit’
- Synonyms and Comments
- Is female parent B.’Bowtique’?
- ABS No
- 608
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B77 a306; B83 r013; The Begonian, Jul 1977;
- Article References
- The Begonian (44) Nov 1977, p. 306-309;
- Photo References
- Murotani, Begonia in Colour :32. 1983; Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin Krempin Books, Queensland Australia; The Begonian, Jul 1977;
Plant
- Description
- No. 608. Begonia (B. conchifolia- var. rubrimacula cv. Zip X B. 'Bokit') 'Fairyland' This distinctive, compact, spiral leaved and fluted rhizomatous begonia was originated by Leslie Woodriff, McKinleyville, CA in 1974, first bloomed in 1976, and first distributed in 1~75. The leaves are deep, rich, Volume 44. November 1977 forest green with margin edged chocolate brown; cordate, tapering to point at apex; 4 ½” x 4 ½”; margin finely serrulate, barely noticeable on mature leaves, short hairs like fuzz; texture crisp, leathery, slightly wooly; 8 nerved but varies; petioles 1 ½”, thick, round, green, scattered red dots; stipules with long point, red tinted, with sparse long wooly hairs. Flowers white with pink flush, typical shape, 3-winged ovary; ½ x ¼”; 2 male, 3 female, one very small, petals arranged in panicle on 8-12" flower stem; blooms in spring. Unusual because each leaf varies in size in amount of dancing swirls and spirals and exactly opposite double curls at sinus, like mirror image. Registered July 27, 1977.
Lineage
Parents
Is female parent B.’Bowtique’?
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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