Cultivar

B. ‘Aerial’

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Aerial’
Originator: Lyla Kilpatrick
Date of Origin: 1994
Place: Perth, WA
Country: Australia
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Cane-like
Female Parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Male Parent: B. ‘Orange Pinafore’
Publication Reference: LKL

Plant

Description: A low growing small spotted leaved cane with bright coral flowers
Growth Type: Upright
Growth Rate: Fast in growing season
Plant Habit: Low growing, basal clumping
Plant Spread: To 50 cm
Plant Height: Low 0.5m
Stem Type: Upright cane like
Stem Habit: Few Branched
Sun Tolerance: Morning sun
Plant Hardiness: To -2°c, no frost, heat tolerant
Pests Diseases: Very prone to powdery mildew, a trait from the female parent

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. dregei var. dregei

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Pinafore’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Aerial’

Female parent

B. dregei var. dregei

B. parvifolia auct. non Schott: Graham, Bot. Mag. 66:pl. 3720. 1839.; B. suffruticosa Meisner, Linnaea 14:502, "1840". 1841.; B. natalensis W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 81:pl. 4841. 1855.; B. rubicunda hort. Turic. ex A. de Candolle. 1864.; B. richardsiana T. Moore. 1871.; B. richardsoniana Houllet. 1872.; B. partita Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 10:fig. 2. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. bolusii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 6:fig. 2. 1961.; B. reniformis hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch. 1854 non Dryander. 1791.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. worsdellii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143. 1961.; B. parvifolia E. Meyer ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 4:357. 1836;

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Pinafore’

Female parent

B. ‘Pinafore’

Female Parent cited as a seedling of B. ‘Elaine’;

Female parent

B. ‘Elaine’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Rubra’

Female parent

B. dichroa

Male parent

B. ‘Coral Rubra’

Cited as a form of B. coccinea

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Propagation Method: Stem cutting