Cultivar
B. ‘Howzat’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Howzat’
- Originator
- Bernard Yorke
- Date of Origin
- 1977
- Place
- Brisbane, Qld.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. bowerae var. nigramarga
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Stash’
- Synonyms and Comments
- Howzat
- ABS No
- 628
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B78 a109
- Article References
- The Begonian (45) March 1978, p. 83-84.
Plant
- Description
- No. 628 - Begonia (B. bowerae nigramarga X B. 'Stash') 'Howzat' Rhizomatous, stem erect, this begonia originated by Bernard Yorke, address above, in 1976, has not yet bloomed but was first distributed in 1977. Leaves are brilliant dark green, heavily bordered with jet black, standing erect on mature plants; starshaped with major leaf incisions; 5 x 13 cm (2 x 5"); margin slightly eye lashed; texture smooth; 7-nerved; petioles 18 cm (7"). Registered Sept. 28, 1977.
- Stem Type
- Erect
Lineage
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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