Cultivar
B. ‘Morning Star’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Morning Star’
- Originator
- Paul P. Lowe
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Publication Date
- 1981
- Place
- Lake Park, Fl.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Chumash’
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Joe Hayden’
- ABS No
- 813
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B81 a098
- Article References
- The Begonian (49) April 1981 p 98-99.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Morning Star' No. 813-Begonia 'Chumash' x 'Joe Hayden' 'Morning Star' Rhizomatous with creeping rhizome. Star-shaped, 2 ¾” x 1 ½” leaves are black brown with maroon undersurface, sharply pointed lobes, serrate and ciliate margin, silky surface, and 5 veins. Petioles are soft hairy and red spotted; stipules, white. Flowers-pale pink, ¾” across, with 2 male and 2 female tepals-are clustered at the top of 6" peduncles in spring and early summer. B. 'Morning Star' is similar to B. 'Evening Star' from the same cross, but is much smaller and the leaf is uniformly dark instead of mottled with green. Originated in 1973 by Paul P. Lowe (address above); first bloomed and distributed in 1975. Tested by Charles J. Jaros, 2621 N. W. 23rd Court, Miami, FL 33142. Registered March 22, 1980.
- Plant Habit
- Creeping
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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