Cultivar

B. ‘Otto Alfred’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Otto Alfred’
Originator: Louise Schwerdtfeger
Date of Origin: 1954
Publication Date: 1962
Place: Santa Barbara, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. strigillosa
Male Parent: B. barkeri
Publication Reference: BCL2; B78 a071; The Begonian, Mar 1978; The Begonian, Nov 1974;
Article References: Beg.45:71 Mar,1978;
Photo References: The Begonian, Mar 1978; The Begonian, Nov 1974;

Plant

Description: Begonia 'Otto Alfred' (1954) (B. strigillosa x B. barkeri) A significantly distinct rhizomatous begonia with an almost round leaf of medium to dark green; sparsely covered with tiny colorless hairs on the surface and heavier on the underside; faint brown zone around veins and especially near margins; creeping rhizome which branches frequently. The begonia is named after Louise's husband.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. strigillosa

Male parent

B. barkeri

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Otto Alfred’

Female parent

B. strigillosa

B. daedalea Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 7, Misc. :54. 1860; Ill. Hort. 8:pl. 269. 1861. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):342. 1864.; B. barbana C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:261 1896.; B. tinctoria L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, Contr. Gray Herb. 127:29. 1939;

Male parent

B. barkeri

B. peponifolia A. T. Brongniart, ex F. Cels, Ann. Fl. Pomone :105. 1842.; B. peponifolia A. T. Brongniart ex F. Cels var. beta A. T. Brongniart ex F. Cels, Ann. Fl. Pomone :106. 1842.; B. peponifolia hort.ex Schlechtendal, Linnaea 24:180. 1851.; B. megaphylla A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:133. 1859.; B. macrophylla hort. Berol ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :216. 1855; Begoniac. :96. 1855, pro syn. Gireoudia B. macrophylla Klotzsch var. concolor Klotzsch,1855 —J. Golding & C. Karegeannes, Phytologia 54:496. 1984.; B. peponifolia hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :216. 1855.;B. peponifolia Visiani ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):341. 1864.;B. macrophylla Klotzsch var concolor (Klotzsch) J. Doorenbos ex F. A. Barkley & J. Golding, Sp. Begoniaceae, ed. 2 :74. 1974. —fide J. Doorenbos in litteris, J. Golding & C. Karegeannes, Phytologia 54:496. 1984.; B. macrophylla Klotzsch var discolor (Klotzsch) J. Doorenbos ex F. A. Barkley & J. Golding. 1974.—fide J. Doorenbos in litteris [= B. peponifolia Visiani ex A. de Candolle. 1864.] —J. Golding & C. Karegeannes, Phytologia 54:497. 1984.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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