Cultivar
B. ‘Theseus’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Theseus’
- Originator
- Kit Jeans
- Date of Origin
- 1977
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Place
- Johnsonville
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Snow Queen’
- Male Parent
- B. ‘rex cv.’
- ABS No
- 823
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B81 a142
- Article References
- The Begonian (49) June 1981, p. 142-3.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Theseus' No. 823-Begonia 'Snow Queen' x unnamed B. rex cultivar 'Theseus' Rex Cultorum group; rhizomatous. Large (8" x 10"), scarlet to green, spiraled leaves are puckered and ciliate with 5-6 veins. Petioles are hairy; stipules red, chartaceous. Pale pink, 1-10" flowers, borne in a cyme on a 10" to 12" peduncle in winter, are of typical B. rex form, with 4 male and 5 female tepaIs. Rhizome and stems are also red. Originated 1977 by Kit Jeans (address above); first bloomed in 1979; first distributed in 1980. Tested by Pat Maley, 1471 E. Madison, EI Cajon, CA 91604. Registered April 1, 1980.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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