Cultivar

B. ‘Far Out’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Far Out’
Originator: Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin: 1979
Place: McKinleyville, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Trailing-Scandent
Female Parent: B. solananthera
Male Parent: B. (prismatocarpa x Tuberhybrida cv.)
ABS No: 751
Publication Reference: ABS;B80 a140
Article References: The Begonian (47) May 1980, p. 140-1.

Plant

Description: Begonia 'Far Out' No. 751-Begonia solananthera x prismatocarpa X unknown tuberous hybrid 'Far Out' Cane-like; trailer. Medium green, 2" x 3" leaves have a smooth surface, subentire margin, and 7 veins, with red petioles and light green stipules. Single 2" flowers, deep pink with a red eye and 4 male and 5 female tepals, are arranged in 4"-6" clusters on 8" peduncles. The unusual combination of parents has produced a trailing plant with 18" stems yielding year around blooms larger than usual for trailing varieties. Originated in 1977 by Leslie Woodriff, 1100 Griffith Road, McKinleyville, CA 95521; first bloomed in 1978; first distributed in 1979. Registered Sept. 8, 1979.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. solananthera

Male parent

B. (prismatocarpa x Tuberhybrida cv.)

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Far Out’

Female parent

B. solananthera

B. integerrima Tebbitt, Begonias 5:158. 2005. has been wrongly identified as B. solanathera A. de Candolle in general use. Both are very similar plants but B. solanthera has dense hairs on its peduncles and main veins of the lower leaf surfaces whereas there are none on B. integerrima.

Male parent

B. (prismatocarpa x Tuberhybrida cv.)

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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