Cultivar

B. ‘Orococo’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Orococo’
Originator: Patrick J. Worley
Date of Origin: 1982
Publication Date: 1983
Place: Vista, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Trailing-Scandent
Female Parent: B. glabra var. glabra
Male Parent: B. solimutata
Publication Reference: MLT2; B97 p132; B95 r080; The Begonian, Jul-Aug 1997; The Begonian, Jul-Aug 1984
Photo References: Tebbitt, Begonias pl.180. 2005; The Begonian, Jul-Aug 1997; The Begonian, Jul-Aug 1984

Plant

Plant Habit: Lax

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. glabra var. glabra

Male parent

B. solimutata

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Orococo’

Female parent

B. glabra var. glabra

B. scandens Swartz, Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. :86. 1788.; B. elliptica Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. Nov. Gen. Sp. 7:folio 138, quarto 180, pl. 641.1825.—A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):362. 1864 [= B. scandens Swartz. 1788.] —O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:5. 1911.; B. populifolia Schott in Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4(app) :408. 1827 non Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. 1825.; B. lucida Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 16:162. 1848. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):362. 1864 [=B. scandens Swartz. 1788.] —O.E. Schulz in Urban, Symb. Antil. 7:5. 1911.; B. moritziana Kunth & Bouché Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1848 Coll. :16. 1849.; B. physalifolia Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :19. 1853.; B. locellata A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:137. 1859. —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:54. 1958.; B. hoegeana Regel & Schmidt, Gartenfl. 35:398. 1886.; B. repens Sessé & Mociño, Fl. Mex., ed. 2 :219 .1894 non Lamarck. 1785.; B. U144; B. glabra Aublet var. physalifolia Liebmann ex Buxton Check List Begonias :78. 1957, nomen nudum. [This invalid variety is apparently a confused reference to B. physalifolia Liebmann. 1853, which is B. glabra Aublet var. glabra. 1775. JG; B. U167;

Male parent

B. solimutata

Brazil species No. 3.; Rio.; u003.; glaziovii nomen nudum; B. soli-mutata;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Propagation Method: Leaf and stems
Cultural Requirements: filtered light
Comments: use perlite and place pot in plastic bag for humdity - suggested by Bernie Weiner