Cultivar
B. ‘Mom's Favorite’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Mom's Favorite’
- Originator
- Leslie Woodriff
- Date of Origin
- 1978
- Publication Date
- 1982
- Place
- McKinleyville, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. imperialis var. imperialis
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- Synonyms and Comments
- Mother's Plant
- ABS No
- 845
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B82 a086
- Article References
- The Begonian (49) July 1982, p. 86-87.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Mom's Favorite' No. 845-Begonia imperialis x unknown 'Mom's Favorite' (synonym 'Mother's Plant') Rhizomatous with distinctive foliage and compact habit. Unlobed, 3" x 20", dark-olive-green leaves with silver overlay and raspberry veins with raspberry overlay are slightly serrate, with pustulate surface and 6 main veins. Petioles are deep red with red dots; stipules, light green, Light-pink, I" x 0", 2-tepaled male and "Volume 49 July-August 1982 female flowers are borne in clusters on 8" peduncles in winter and spring. Originated in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff (address above); first bloomed in 1979; first distributed in 1979. Published in Thompson and Thompson, Begonias, 1981, pp. 139, 315. Registered June 29, 1982.
Lineage
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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