Cultivar
B. ‘Bangles’
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Bangles’
- Originator
- Thelma O’Reilly
- Date of Origin
- 1969
- Publication Date
- 1977
- Place
- La Mesa, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Thick Stem
- Female Parent
- B. dregei var. dregei
- Male Parent
- B. olbia
- ABS No
- 610
- Publication Reference
- B78 p6; B77 a333; B80,r192; ABS; The Begonian, Jan 1978;
- Article References
- The Begonian (44) Nov 1977, p. 306-309;
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Jan 1978;
Plant
- Description
- No. 610 - Begonia (B. dregei X B. olbia) 'Bangles’. Thick-stemmed, not jointed, brittle, the mature stem of this begonia reaches 24 to 30"; originated by Thelma O'Reilly, 10942 Sunray Place, La Mesa, CA 92041, in 1969, the plant first bloomed in 1970, and was first distributed in 1972. The leaves are olive-green with copper highlights on upper side; wine-red underside; asymmetrical, long pointed leaf tip; 3 x 6"; margin slightly cut, incised; texture velvet with satiny sheen, slightly hairy; 7 nerved; petioles slender, green, with a channel on upper side; stipules elongated, pointed, thin, light green. Flowers are white, delicately tinted green, shaped like bangles (earrings), long hanging; ½”, large ovary; petals male 2, female 5, one small; arranged in hanging clusters on 1 ½-2" stem; everblooming. Resembles plant grown for many years as B. olbia, often referred to as the "maple-leafed begonia". Originator made cross to prove her allegation that the so-called maple-leaf begonia was a hybrid. Registered July 27, 1977.
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
3
Male parent: B. ‘Her Majesty Sylvia Leatherman’
Male parent: B. ‘Her Majesty Sylvia Leatherman’
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
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