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Species

B. imperialis var. smaragdina

Photos

4 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. imperialis var. smaragdina
Form Variety: var. smaragdina
Author: Lemaire, Ill. Hort.
Publication Date: 1860
Country: Mexico
Region: America
Section: Gireoudia
Chr 2n: 28
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Reference: Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 7, mis. 35: pl. 262. 1860; JGSL9/08;
Article References: Tebbitt, Begonias 5:154-55. 2005;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :51. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :96. 1983; The Begonian, Nov 1964; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 65 (95);

Plant

Plant Habit: Low growing
Stem Type: Thick short rhizome

Lineage

6 descendants

Parents

No parentage recorded.

Descendants

6 recorded children

As female parent

4

B. ‘Imperialis Miranda’

Male parent: B. rex

B. ‘Imperialis Venulosa’

Male parent: B. strigillosa

B. ‘Miranda’

Male parent: B. rex

B. ‘Venulosa’

Male parent: B. strigillosa

As male parent

2

B. ‘Decimperia’

Female parent: B. decora

B. ‘Mme. Annick Calvert ’

Female parent: B. fusca

Culture

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