Cultivar
B. ‘Alva Graham’
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Alva Graham’
- Originator
- Belva Nelson Kusler
- Date of Origin
- 1969
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Place
- Siren, Wi.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Shrub-like
- Female Parent
- B. olsoniae
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Brazil’
- ABS No
- 507
- Publication Reference
- B76 a135; B91 r053; ABS; The Begonian, May 1976;
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) May 1976, p. 135-137;
- Photo References
- Murotani, Begonia in Colour :144. 1983; The Begonian, May 1976;
Plant
- Description
- No. 507 - Begonia (B. olsoniae X B. Brazil Species #4) 'Alva Graham' Originated by Belva Kusler (address above) in 1969, first bloomed in 1970 and distributed in 1973, this shrub-like, hairy-leaved plant has 12" mature stem height and has compact growth with satin green leaves, ivy-green above and wine-red below, having transversely broadly-elliptic basal lobes overlapped, shortly acuminate, 5 x 5 ½”; texture coriaceous with satin sheen and pilose; margin entire undulate; H nerves palmate, evident; petioles round, pubescent, 3 ½”; stipules ovate, keeled, 1 – 1 ½”, at first pale green, soon marcescent. White flowers, with red hairs on back of male tepals which have a circular and narrowly elliptical shape; blooms year-round, 4 - 2" petals on male blossoms and 3 to 6 - 2 x 1 ¾” petals on female blossoms, on 3 ½ to 7" stem; compound dichasium, erect arrangement. Registered August 30, 1975.
- Other Features
- Red hairs on backs of flowers
Lineage
2 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
2 recorded children
As female parent
2
Male parent: B. ‘hatacoa Silver’
Male parent: B. ‘hatacoa Silver’
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
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