Cultivar
B. ‘Manacris’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Manacris’
- Originator
- Francis Michelson
- Date of Origin
- 1976
- Place
- Miami, Fl.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘manicata Crispa’
- Synonyms and Comments
- Cited as a seedling of the female parent
- ABS No
- 527
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B76 a168;crc-p
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) June 1976, p. 155-169.
Plant
- Description
- No. 527 - Begonia (B. manicata crispa chance seedling) 'Manacris' B. 'Manacris' differs from its parent in the rhizomes being bigger and lying flat on the ground while B. manicata crispa is an upright plant with smaller stems. Rhizomatous, crested, medium plant was developed by F. Michelson (address above) in 1957. Leaf shape is almost round, 6 x 6 in., medium green, light green underneath. Margins are crested with base lobes crested and overlapping; veins depressed; petioles light green with white hairs. Pink flowers, 1 inch, 10-inch stem, blooming January-March. Registered March 26, 1976.
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
Cited as a seedling of the female parent
Ancestry tree
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
1
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
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