Cultivar

B. ‘Kimby’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Kimby’
Originator: Nathan Greenleaf
Date of Origin: 2020
Publication Date: 2023
Place: Phetchabun
Country: Thailand
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Cane-like with swollen caudex
Female Parent: B. aconitifolia
Male Parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: named after the breeder's mother
ABS No: 1172
Publication Reference: Beg 90 p 211 Nov/Dec2023;
Photo References: Beg 90 p 211 Nov/Dec2023;

Plant

Plant Spread: 45 cm
Plant Height: 80 cm

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. aconitifolia

Male parent

B. dregei var. dregei

Etymology: named after the breeder's mother

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Kimby’

Etymology: named after the breeder's mother

Female parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Male 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;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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