Cultivar
B. ‘Hawaii Fifty’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Hawaii Fifty’
- Originator
- Charles Hewitt
- Date of Origin
- 1972
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Place
- Pasadena, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like with Rex-cultorum style
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Hawaiian Sunset’
- Male Parent
- B. Un-named rex cv.
- ABS No
- 730
- Publication Reference
- ABS; Begonian 46:276. 1979.
Plant
- Description
- Small leaves of the Rex Cultorum style on a 3 m shrublike begonia give a different look; Begonia 'Hawaii Fifty' No. 730-Begonia 'Hawaiian Sunset' x unnamed B. rex cultivar 'Hawaii Fifty' Rex Cultorum group, with erect stem. Leaves have a bronze edging, green specks, and a reddish overlay and are cordate, 1 ½” x 2 ½”, with crenate margin and puckered surface; 6-veined; petioles ½”; stipules ¼ - ½”. Small leaves of the Rex Cultorum style on a 1 ½’ shrub like begonia give a different look, and the stems tend to crest. Originated in 1972 by Charles Hewitt {address above}; first distributed in 1978. First described in The Plant Shop's 1978 catalog. Tested by The Plant Shop {address above}. No blooms to date. Registered Sept 4, 1979.
- Growth Type
- Upright
- Plant Height
- 3 m
- Stem Type
- Erect
- Stem Habit
- Tendency to “crest”
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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