Cultivar

B. ‘Mercury’

Photos

3 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Mercury’
Originator: Thelma O'Reilly
Date of Origin: 1970
Place: La Mesa, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ‘Norah Bedson’
Male Parent: B. ‘Leslie Lynn’
ABS No: 271
Publication Reference: ABS; B71 a084; The Begonian, Aug 1971; The Begonian, May 1976;
Photo References: The Begonian, Aug 1971; The Begonian, May 1976;

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Norah Bedson’

Male parent

B. ‘Leslie Lynn’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Mercury’

Female parent

B. ‘Norah Bedson’

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Male parent

B. strigillosa

B. daedalea Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 7, Misc. :54. 1860; Ill. Hort. 8:pl. 269. 1861. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):342. 1864.; B. barbana C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:261 1896.; B. tinctoria L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, Contr. Gray Herb. 127:29. 1939;

Male parent

B. ‘Leslie Lynn’

Female parent

B. ‘Lexington’

Female parent

B. ‘Sunderbruchii’

B. heracleifolia var. sunderbruckii;

Male parent

B. glandulosa

B. dayi hort. Begonian 14:174, pl. 183. 1947.; B. nigrovenia hort. Linden ex W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 87:pl. 5256. 1861.; B. hidalgensis L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 40:241, pl. 1b–g. 1950. ; B. nigrovenia Regel, Gartenfl. 16:163, pl. 456. 1867.; B. pinetorum A. de Candolle. 1859, Sphalmate.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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