Cultivar

B. ‘Guiyun’

Photos

1 photo

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Guiyun’
Originator: Jing-Xiu Li, Ai-Rong Li & Kai-Yun Guan
Date of Origin: 2008
Publication Date: 2020
Place: Kunming, Yunnan
Country: China
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. cirrosa
Male Parent: B. guangxiensis
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: “gui” for Guangxi and “yun” for Yunnan where the parents occur.
ABS No: 1037
Publication Reference: Beg vol.87:211 2020
Article References: Beg vol.87:211-212 2020
Photo References: Beg vol.87:211 Fig.1 2020

Plant

Plant Height: 25-30cm
Plant Hardiness: some-what low temperature/humidity tolerant

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. cirrosa

Male parent

B. guangxiensis

Unresolved

Etymology: “gui” for Guangxi and “yun” for Yunnan where the parents occur.

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Guiyun’

Etymology: “gui” for Guangxi and “yun” for Yunnan where the parents occur.

Female parent

B. cirrosa

Etymology: Latin cirrosus (curled hair) after the indumentum; B. crispula Te-Tsun Yü ex Irmscher, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21:38. 1951, non Brade. 1950.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 52:442. 1983.

Male parent

B. guangxiensis

Unresolved

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Cultural Requirements: shallow growing, requires good drainage
Known In Cultivation: Not released commercially as at December, 2020.
Original Botanical Description or Link to: The Begonian, vol 87:211-212 September-October 2020