Cultivar
B. ‘Merinda’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Merinda’
- Originator
- Mickey Meyer
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Place
- Tathra, NSW.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Cane-like
- Female Parent
- B. unknown
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- ABS No
- 337
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B73 a088;B00 r197
- Article References
- The Begonian (40) April 1973, p. 87-89.
Plant
- Description
- No. 337-Begonia (unknown x unknown) 'Merinda' Mickey Meyer, address above, developed this intermediate, shrubby cane in 1971; it first bloomed in the summer of 1972 with white small flowers in clusters, on four to six inch stems, upright and open, at the upper nodes, arranged tall above the plant. Leaves are almost triangular and slightly cupped, 2 x 3½ inches, slightly crested, texture waxy and glossy, with veins deep red at the back; color olive green on top, red at back. Available from Mrs. Meyer. Registered Jan. 19, 1973.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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