Cultivar
B. ‘Piccolo’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Piccolo’
- Originator
- Hiroshi Shigemi
- Date of Origin
- 1970
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Place
- Osaka
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. imperialis var. imperialis
- Male Parent
- B. aridicaulis
- ABS No
- 433
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B75 a065; The Begonian, Mar 1975;
- Article References
- The Begonian (42) March 1975, p. 65-66;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :61. 1980; The Begonian, Mar 1975;
Plant
- Description
- No. 433-Begonia (B. imperialis x B. aridicaulis) 'Piccolo' This rhizomatous begonia has leaves textured like lustrous Japanese crepe, silver-green with light green veins, uneven heart-shaped, 4" x 2½", margin hairy, 7-9 nerves, petioles 4" hairy, stipules slender. Blooms in early summer, white, imperialis-type, on five-inch stem. Registered Jan. 6, 1975.
- Stem Type
- Prostrate
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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