Cultivar

B. ‘Max’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Max’
Originator: Bob Cole
Date of Origin: 1978
Publication Date: 1982
Place: Reseda, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. nelumbiifolia
Male Parent: B. thiemei
Synonyms and Comments: Quintessence Max; Quintessence Maximum
ABS No: 781
Publication Reference: ABS;B80 a280
Article References: The Begonian (49) July 1982, p. 86-87.

Plant

Description: Begonia (Quintessence grex) 'Max' No. 781-Begonia nelumbiifolia, red veined form x thiemei syn. macdougallii var. purpurea hort. (Quintessence g.) 'Max' Rhizomatous, with 18" x 8", reddish veined, green, smooth, cleft and usually peltate, castor-bean-shaped leaves with 8 main veins. Petioles are 1 ½ to 2' long; stipules, 1" x 1 ¼”. Flowers are greenish white. Originated in 1978 by Bob Cole, 18007 Topham Street, Reseda, CA 91335; first bloomed in 1980; first distributed in 1980. First described (as B. Quintessence g. 'Maximum') in the Plant Shop's Botanical Garden begonia catalog, 1980. Tested by Janet Kerr, 1400 1/3 N. Occidental, Los Angeles, CA 90026. Registered June 26, 1982.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. nelumbiifolia

Male parent

B. thiemei

Quintessence Max; Quintessence Maximum

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Max’

Quintessence Max; Quintessence Maximum

Female parent

B. nelumbiifolia

B. deryckxiana Lemaire, Hort. Universel 5:355. 1844. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):343. 1864.; B. hernandiifolia hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Konigel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin:125. 1854 "hernandiaefolia”, non W.J. Hooker. 1852 pro syn. Gireoudia nelumbiifolia Klotzsch. 1854. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):343. 1864. 1854 non Hooker W.J.,1852; B. peltata Sessé & Mociño, Fl. Mex. ed. 2 :219 . 1894 non Otto & Dietrich. 1841.—L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Contr. Gray Herb. 154:27, 30. 1945.; B. caudilimba C de Candolle, Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 69(12):9. 1919. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Caldasia 4:15, pl. 2. 1946;

Male parent

B. thiemei

B. macdougallii R. Ziesenhenne. 1947.; B. macdougallii var. purpurea; B. purpurea hort;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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