Cultivar

B. ‘Tara’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Tara’
Originator: Merv Sharrad
Date of Origin: 1972
Publication Date: 1985
Place: Ridgehaven, SA
Country: Australia
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula
Male Parent: B. ‘Wanita’
Synonyms and Comments: Photos are different, so assume one plant is incorrectly named.
ABS No: 887
AABS No: 25
Publication Reference: ABS;B85 a113
Photo References: Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin Krempin Books, Queensland Australia

Plant

Plant Habit: Creeping

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula

Male parent

B. ‘Wanita’

Photos are different, so assume one plant is incorrectly named.

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Tara’

Photos are different, so assume one plant is incorrectly named.

Female parent

B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula

B. ‘Zip’ hort. 1959.—J. Golding, Begonian 40:173–179, 188–190. 1973.; B. conchifolia ‘Zip’; basionym:Begoniaceae Begonia conchifolia var. rubrimacula Golding, Begonian 40(8): 189. 1973;

Male parent

B. ‘Wanita’

The female parent was a seedling of B. hydrocotylifolia

Female parent

B. hydrocotylifolia var. hydrocotylifolia

B. hydrocotylifolia Graham ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :125. 1854 pro syn. Gireoudia hydrocotylifolia (Otto ex W.J. Hooker) Klotzsch. 1854;

Male parent

B. ‘Maphil’

Cited as a seedling of the female parent;

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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