Cultivar

B. ‘Pink Parasol’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Pink Parasol’
Originator: Goldie Frost
Date of Origin: 1981
Publication Date: 1986
Place: Garden Grove, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Semi-Tuberous
Female Parent: B. sutherlandii ssp. sutherlandii
Male Parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Synonyms and Comments: Male Parent cited as the “partita” form of B. dregei
ABS No: 911
Publication Reference: ABS;B86 a162;B86 d162
Article References: The Begonian (53) Nov. 1986, p. 162-3

Plant

Description: Begonia 'Pink Parasol' No. 911-Begonia sutherlandii x partita 'Pink Parasol' Semi tuberous, "maple-leaved" basket plant with bright pink flowers. Green, 2" x 3/4", thin, lobed leaf blades have serrate margin, pointed tip, and 5 main veins. Smooth petioles are 3/4" long; bulbils form in the axils. Flowers, shaped like those of B. sutherlandii, are bright pink, opening flat to 1" across. Males with 2 tepals and females with 5 are borne on 3/4" peduncles profusely in summer and fall, on a dense, compact plant resembling a pink parasol. Originated in 1981 by Goldie Frost (address above); first bloomed in 1981; first distributed in 1982. Tested by Ronnie Nevins of Fullerton, CA. and Mae Light of Garden Grove, CA. Published by Pat Maley,

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. sutherlandii ssp. sutherlandii

Male parent

B. dregei var. dregei

Male Parent cited as the “partita” form of B. dregei

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Pink Parasol’

Male Parent cited as the “partita” form of B. dregei

Female parent

B. sutherlandii ssp. sutherlandii

B. flava Binns, H. C. L. M.:23. 1968, non visus, non W. Marais. 1956.; B. snitcheri hort, Horticulture 25, 7:549. 1929, non visus. —Buxton, Check List Begonias :222, 1857; B. buttonii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 1. 1961. Natal. Fig. 5.19. —Hilliard in Ross, Fl. South Afr. 22:141. 1976.; B. dissecta Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 2. 1961.; B. gueinziana Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:177. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner var. gueinziana A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):385.1864.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. minuscula Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:170, pl. 10:fig. 1. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. subcuneata Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:164, pl. 8:fig. 2. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Binns, H.C.L.M. :23. 1968, non visus;

Male parent

B. dregei var. dregei

B. parvifolia auct. non Schott: Graham, Bot. Mag. 66:pl. 3720. 1839.; B. suffruticosa Meisner, Linnaea 14:502, "1840". 1841.; B. natalensis W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 81:pl. 4841. 1855.; B. rubicunda hort. Turic. ex A. de Candolle. 1864.; B. richardsiana T. Moore. 1871.; B. richardsoniana Houllet. 1872.; B. partita Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 10:fig. 2. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. bolusii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 6:fig. 2. 1961.; B. reniformis hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch. 1854 non Dryander. 1791.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. worsdellii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143. 1961.; B. parvifolia E. Meyer ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 4:357. 1836;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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