Cultivar

B. ‘John Sousa’

Photos

3 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘John Sousa’
Originator: Paul P. Lowe
Date of Origin: 1975
Place: Lake Park, Fl.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ‘Chumash’
Male Parent: B. ‘Verde Grande’
ABS No: 450
Publication Reference: ABS; B75 a220; B01 r059; The Begonian, May 1975;
Photo References: The Begonian, May 1975;

Plant

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Lineage

2 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Chumash’

Male parent

B. ‘Verde Grande’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘John Sousa’

Female parent

B. ‘Chumash’

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Male parent

B. unknown

Male parent

B. ‘Verde Grande’

Female parent

B. manicata var. manicata

B. U171; B. U179; B. lepidota Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :17. 1853. —A. de Candolle in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4(1):388. 1861; B. schizolepis Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :17. 1853; B. robustior Standley & Williams, Ceiba 1:155. 1950.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:469. 1984.; B. manicata hort. Paris ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 11:35. 1843. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):342. 1864;

Male parent

B. ‘Dark Sheen’

Female parent

B. ‘Joe Hayden’

Male parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Descendants

2 recorded children

As female parent

No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.

As male parent

B. ‘Hocking Harlot’

Female parent: B. ‘Nightmare’

B. ‘Starfire’

Female parent: B. ‘Green Giant’

Culture

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