Cultivar
B. ‘Hula Skirt’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Hula Skirt’
- Originator
- Leslie Woodriff
- Date of Origin
- 1978
- Publication Date
- 1982
- Place
- McKinleyville, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘rex cv.’
- Male Parent
- B. hemsleyana var. hemsleyana
- ABS No
- 841
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B82 a086;B87 r153
- Article References
- The Begonian (49) July 1982, p. 86-87.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Hula Skirt' No. 841-Begonia unnamed rex cultivar x hemsleyana 'Hula Skirt' Rex Cultorum group; rhizome jointed at or below the soil with stem erect. Unusual compound, 5" x 4 ½” leaves have black center, red zone, silver zone, green and black edge, silver markings, and 12 main veins. Leaf segments are lobed serrate, with smooth satiny finish. Petioles are light red; stipules, light pink. Medium pink, 1 ½” x 1 ¾”, 4-tepaled (male) flowers are borne in clusters on 7" peduncles year-round. Originated in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff (address above); first bloomed 111 1978; first distributed in 1980. Published in Thompson and Thompson, Begonias, 1981, pp. 182, 307. Registered June 27, 1982.
- Stem Type
- Upright
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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