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Cultivar

B. ‘Fond Memories’

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Fond Memories’
Originator
Goldie Frost
Date of Origin
1976
Place
Garden Grove, Ca.
Country
USA
Region
America
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Male Parent
B. ‘Dr. Jim’
ABS No
540
Publication Reference
ABS;B76 a338
Article References
The Begonian (43) Dec 1976, p. 337-341.

Plant

Description
No. 540 - Begonia (B. 'Persian Brocade' X B. 'Dr. Jim') 'Fond Memories' Rhizomatous with leaves bright green, deeply cut, with lobes scalloped, a narrow-edge of red and red spotting along veins, this plant was originated by Goldie Frost, address above, in 1973 and first bloomed in spring of 1975 with light-pink, two petaled, ½ x 1 in. flowers arranged on a 15-in. stem. Leaves are 4 in., star-shaped, margins deeply cut; texture smooth-velvety; 7-nerved; petioles quite hairy, and stipules with hairy collar. Registered August 23, 1976.

Lineage

Parents

Male parent

B. ‘Dr. Jim’

Unresolved

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

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