Cultivar

B. ‘Merry-Go-Round’

Photos

4 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Merry-Go-Round’
Originator: Hiroshi Shigemi
Date of Origin: 1972
Place: Osaka
Country: Japan
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. bowerae var. bowerae
Male Parent: B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula
Synonyms and Comments: Female parent cited as a cross of B. bowerae
Publication Reference: MLT2; B92 p163; B93 r179; B97 r031
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :56. 1980; Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin Krempin Books, Queensland Australia

Plant

Stem Type: Prostrate

Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Male parent

B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula

Female parent cited as a cross of B. bowerae

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Merry-Go-Round’

Female parent cited as a cross of B. bowerae

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Male parent

B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula

B. ‘Zip’ hort. 1959.—J. Golding, Begonian 40:173–179, 188–190. 1973.; B. conchifolia ‘Zip’; basionym:Begoniaceae Begonia conchifolia var. rubrimacula Golding, Begonian 40(8): 189. 1973;

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Tilt-a-Whirl’

As male parent

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

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