Cultivar
B. ‘Posy Wahl’
Photos
4 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Posy Wahl’
- Originator
- Belva Nelson Kusler
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Place
- Siren, Wi.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Cane-like
- Female Parent
- B. hydrocotylifolia var. hydrocotylifolia
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
- ABS No
- 372
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B93 d047; YBG
- Article References
- The Begonian (40) April 1973, p. 87-89.
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :33. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :63. 1983; Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin Krempin Books, Queensland Australia
Plant
- Description
- No. 372 - Begonia (B. hydrocotylifolia x B. 'Lenore Olivier') 'Posy Wahl' Everblooming, with erect clusters of pink and white flowers, this tall cane was developed and first bloomed in 1967 and distributed in 1969 by Belva N. Kusler, R.R. 2, Siren, Wisconsin 54872. Name first appeared in The Begonian 38:95 April 1971. Leaves are broadly elliptic to sub-circular, base cordate, lobes overlapping, 8½ x 7 in.; margin entire, weakly undulate; texture coriaceous, glabrous, shining, above ivy green, below cardinal-red; veins palmate, evident; petioles terete, 2½", glabrous; stipules triangular, caducous; flowers pink, ovaries white; held erect on 6" stem in compound dichasium cyme. Registered Sept. 12, 1973.
- Plant Height
- Medium
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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