Cultivar

B. ‘Magic Lace’

Photos

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Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Magic Lace’
Originator: Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin: 1978
Publication Date: 1982
Place: McKinleyville, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. imperialis var. imperialis
Male Parent: B. ‘Bokit’
ABS No: 844
Publication Reference: ABS; B82 a086; The Begonian, Nov-Dec 1993
Article References: The Begonian (49) July 1982, p. 86-87;
Photo References: Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin, Krempin Books, Queensland Australia; The Begonian, Nov-Dec 1993

Description: Begonia 'Magic Lace' No. 844--Begonia imperialis x 'Bokit' 'Magic Lace' Rhizomatous with distinctive foliage and compact habit. Double-spiraled, 5" x 4", olive-green leaves with silver markings are slightly serrate and lobed, with pustulate surface and 8 main veins. Petioles are light red; stipules, light green. Light-pink, I", 2-tepaled male and female flowers are borne in clusters on 7" peduncles in winter and spring. Originated in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff (address above); first bloomed in 1979; first distributed in 1980. Published in Thompson and Thompson Begonias, 1981, pp. 141, 312. Registered June 29, 1982.