Cultivar

B. ‘Kecemen’

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Kecemen’
Originator: Brad Thompson
Date of Origin: 1992
Place: Lomita, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like
Female Parent: B. ‘Alice N.’
Male Parent: B. ‘Orange Rubra’
Publication Reference: BTL

Plant

Description: This cane has bronze leaves with silver spots. The leaves are medium sized and have a ruffled edge. Blooms well with many clusters of salmon colored flowers. Very vigorous and easy to grow and especially mildew resistant. Can be grown as a large basket with pinching or a medium upright plant.
Plant Habit: Upright
Plant Height: Low to Medium 1m
Stem Type: Upright
Other Features: Basket Plant

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Alice N.’

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Rubra’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Kecemen’

Female parent

B. ‘Alice N.’

Female parent

B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’

Female parent

B. ‘Superba type seedling’

Male parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Rubra’

Female parent

B. dichroa

Male parent

B. ‘Coral Rubra’

Cited as a form of B. coccinea

Female parent

B. coccinea

B. rubra hort. ex Irmscher. 1960;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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