Cultivar
B. ‘Parraweena’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Parraweena’
- Originator
- Mickey Meyer
- Date of Origin
- 1974
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Place
- Tathra, NSW.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Kooleena’
- Male Parent
- B. bowerae var. bowerae
- ABS No
- 546
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B76 a338
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) Dec 1976, p. 337-341.
Plant
- Description
- No. 546 - Begonia (B. 'Kooleena' X B. bowerae) 'Parraweena' (Parrots) Originated by Mickey Meyer (address above) in 1974, this rhizomatous begonia first bloomed and was distributed in 1976. Leaves are deep brown and green, ovate, 4 x 3 in.; margin eye lashed; texture crisp; six nerved. Blooms in spring and summer, with very small white flowers just above plant on 5-6 in. stems. Registered August 25, 1976.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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