Cultivar

B. ‘Aquamarine’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Aquamarine’
Originator: Susie Zug
Date of Origin: 1954
Place: San Dimas, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ludwigii
Male Parent: B. ‘Silvador’
ABS No: 98
Publication Reference: B78 p227; B54 a208; ABS; BfBEH 71 1976; The Begonian, Sep 1978; Beg 91 p 70 Mar/Apr 2024;
Photo References: BfBEH 71 1976; The Begonian, Sep 1978; The Begonian, May 1970; Begonias, Misono 1974: 21 (10)

Plant

Stem Type: Semi-Upright
Stem Habit: Few Branched
Other Features: Basket Plant
Sun Tolerance: Morning

Lineage

2 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. ludwigii

Male parent

B. ‘Silvador’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Aquamarine’

Female parent

B. ludwigii

B. ecuadoriensis hort. ex Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:18. 1940, non Buxton. 1932; B. rigida auct. non Linden ex Regel: A. Clarke, Begonian 14:150, pl. 1947.—E. Carrell, Begonian 17,128. 1950.; B. ecuador E. K. Gray, Begonias :16. 1931. "ecquador”. [= B. ecuadoriensis hort. ex Everett. 1940, non Buxton. 1932.] —E. Carrell, Begonian 17:128. 1950;

Male parent

B. ‘Silvador’

Female parent

B. rigida

Unresolved

Male parent

B. unknown

Descendants

2 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Bon Perion’

Male parent: B. unknown

B. ‘Mauve Marine’

Male parent: B. unknown

As male parent

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

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