Cultivar

B. ‘Blue Diamond’

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Blue Diamond’
Publication Date: 2016
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. decora
Male Parent: B. pavonina
Publication Reference: Planet Begonia, Asiatic Green, 11/5/2016

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. decora

Male parent

B. pavonina

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Blue Diamond’

Female parent

B. decora

Etymology: after the decorative leaves; B. praeclara King, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng., pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 71:66. 1902. —Ridley, J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4:21. 1909; Fl. Malay Penins. 1:863. 1922;

Male parent

B. pavonina

Etymology: Latin pavoninus (peacock Blue) referring to the colour of the leaves; “The peacock begonia”; B. robinsonii Ridley, J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4:22. 1909.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

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