Cultivar

B. ‘Lavender Glow’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Lavender Glow’
Originator: Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin: 1942
Place: McKinleyville, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. grandis ssp. evansiana
Male Parent: B. ‘rex cv.’
Publication Reference: LW; BL01 12d06; The Begonian, Feb 1972;
Article References: American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison;
Photo References: The Begonian, Feb 1972; The Begonian, Jun 1960; The Begonian, May 1947; Begonias, Misono 1974: 121 (199);

Plant

Description: American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison The following descriptions are recorded from observation notes made of the living collection during 1951-1952: Lavender Glow. Erect, showy. Medium sized leaves, center dark olive green following the major veins. Breaking into the band of silver toned with purple. which in turn break up into small dots over the deep red-purple margin.
Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. grandis ssp. evansiana

Male parent

B. ‘rex cv.’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Lavender Glow’

Female parent

B. grandis ssp. evansiana

B. obliqua auct. non L.:Thunberg,1784; B. evansiana Andrews,1811; B. discolor Brown, R. in Aiton,1813; B. erubescens Leveille,1909; B. sinensis A.de Candolle. var. haemaloneura Franch ex Gagnepain,1919; B. bulbifera hort. ex Steudal, Nom. Bot., 1821.; B. grandis Dryander subsp. grandis Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland. 2007; B. ‘Shukaido’

Male parent

B. ‘rex cv.’

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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