Cultivar
B. ‘Rosanna Blais’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Rosanna Blais’
- Originator
- Gordon Lepisto
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Place
- St. Paul, Mn.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Changeant’
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Curly Stardust’
- ABS No
- 387
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B74 a043
- Article References
- The Begonian (40) April 1973, p. 87-89.
Plant
- Description
- No. 387 - Begonia (B. 'Changeant' x B. 'Curly Stardust') 'Rosanna Blais' This Rex begonia was developed by Gordon Lepisto, 1775 Field Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 55116, in 1971. It bloomed light pink and was distributed in 1972. Leaves are pointed, obliquely ovate, medium size 5 x 8"; margin slightly serrate and wavy; texture slightly bumpy; veins medium- green near center; petioles dark-pink, smooth, 8-9"; dark iridescent- green background with irregular- shaped silver blotches. Blooms all year on 6-7" stems. Registered Oct. 10, 1973.
- Stem Type
- Upright
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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