Cultivar
B. ‘Hawaiian Freakout’
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Hawaiian Freakout’
- Originator
- Charles Hewitt
- Date of Origin
- 1972
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Place
- Pasadena, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum or Shrub-like
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Hawaiian Sunset’
- Male Parent
- B. Un-named rex cv.
- ABS No
- 729
- Publication Reference
- ABS; Begonian 46:276. 1979.
Plant
- Description
- An unusual shrub-like plant with colorful, strangely shaped leaves. Flowers not produced to date.; Begonia 'Hawaiian Freakout' No. 729-Begonia 'Hawaiian Sunset' x unnamed B. rex cultivar 'Hawaiian Freakout' Rex Cultorum group, with erect stem. Monstrous leaves are blackish green with light-green outer markings and inner markings of white and red spots, highlighted by a bronze overlay, 2 ½” x 1 ½”, with crenate margin and smooth surface; 12- to 18-veined; petioles ¼ - ½”; stipules ½ - ¾”. The cross of a cane like begonia and a B. rex cultivar produced an unusual shrub like plant with colorful, strangely shaped leaves. Originated in 1972 by Charles Hewitt, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91126; first distributed in 1974. Described in The Plant Shop's 1976 catalog; pictured (leaf) in catalog Begonias 1978. Tested by The Plant Shop, 18007 Topham Street, Reseda, CA 91335. No blooms to date. Registered Sept. 4, 1979.
- Growth Type
- Upright
- Stem Type
- Erect
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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