Cultivar
B. ‘Myrtle-Bee’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Myrtle-Bee’
- Originator
- Ruby Mae Budd
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Place
- Hemet, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Fleece Alba’
- Male Parent
- B. thiemei
- ABS No
- 376
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B74 a043
- Article References
- The Begonian (40) April 1973, p. 87-89.
Plant
- Description
- No. 376 - Begonia (B. 'Fleecealba' x B. purpurea) 'Myrtle-Bee' Developed by the late Ruby Mae Budd, at address above, this wood stemmed, upright rhizomatous has a semi-star, medium sized leaf with pointed shallow lobe; 4½ x 5½ in.; margin smooth; texture heavy, light colored tomentum; veins, point of attachment to petiole, green eye; petioles smooth; light-green; stipules deciduous; color, red underside, surface black. Flowers spring and summer, 1", large white ovary, male 3 petals, arranged in cluster on 14'' stem. Registered Sept. 20, 1973.
- Stem Type
- Erect
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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