Cultivar

B. ‘Nelly Bly’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Nelly Bly’
Originator: Eva Kenworthy Gray
Date of Origin: 1923
Place: California
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Female Parent: B. ‘Cypraea’
Synonyms and Comments: Cited as a seedling of the female parent (B. ‘Viaudii’);
Publication Reference: EKG; B71 r201;
Article References: B16:11. 1949;
Photo References: Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin, Krempin Books, Queensland Australia; The Begonian, Jan 1944; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants;

Plant

Plant Habit: Bushy

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Cypraea’

Male parent

Not recorded

Cited as a seedling of the female parent (B. ‘Viaudii’);

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Nelly Bly’

Cited as a seedling of the female parent (B. ‘Viaudii’);

Female parent

B. ‘Cypraea’

Female parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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