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Cultivar

B. ‘Green Peltate’

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Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Green Peltate’
Date of Origin
2015
Publication Date
2016
Place
Bogor Botanical Gardens, West Java
Country
Indonesia
Region
Asia
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Female Parent
B. natunaensis
Male Parent
B. puspitae
Synonyms and Comments
345/PVHP/2015
Publication Reference
BIODIVERSITAS Volume 17, Number 2, October 2016 Pages: 776 -782 “Four new varieties of Begonia from interspecific hybridization Begonia natunaensis C.W.Lin & C.I.Peng × Begonia puspitae Ardi”

Plant

Description
Rhizome plant type, plant height (31.5 cm). Single leaf blade, peltate, the base corrugated, leaf shape ovate, upper surface of the leaf color green G 137 A, glossy, leaf color green bottom surface red RP 65 C, single flower, red color RP 62 B. Different characteristics from the parent are peltate leaves, the base corrugated, large leaf size, leaf surface is curved, red flower. Plant stature strong and suitable as an ornamental beautiful leafy potted flowering plant. It flowered for the first time in January 2012. The derivation of the name is based on the unique peltate leaf form with dominant green colour.
Plant Spread
Medium 36cm
Plant Height
Low 31.5cm

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. natunaensis

Unresolved

Male parent

345/PVHP/2015

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

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