Cultivar

B. ‘Two Face’

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Two Face’
Originator: Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin: 1978
Publication Date: 1979
Place: McKinleyville, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Trailing-Scandent
Female Parent: B. incarnata var. incarnata
Male Parent: B. unknown
Synonyms and Comments: Two Faced
ABS No: 758
Publication Reference: ABS;B80 a140;BL00 d10;YBG
Article References: The Begonian (47) May 1980, p. 140-1.

Plant

Description: Begonia 'Two Face' No. 758-Begonia incarnata hybrid x unknown 'Two Face' Cane-like; trailer. Leaves are silver with a deep green edge and red back, 2" x 3", with serrate margin and smooth surface. Flowers are deep pink, 1", with 4 male and 4 female tepals, blooming in the spring on 3" peduncles. The distinct color for a cane-like begonia is enhanced by a pink overlay in certain light exposures. Originated in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff (address above); first bloomed in 1978 and first distributed in 1979. Registered Sept. 8, 1979.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. incarnata var. incarnata

Male parent

B. unknown

Two Faced

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Two Face’

Two Faced

Female parent

B. incarnata var. incarnata

B. insignis Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 11: .1826-28, non visus ; Bot. Mag. 56:pl. 2900. 1829. —Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 2:213. 1843.; B. martiana auct. non Link & Otto: Schlechtendal, Linnaea 5:604. 1830. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):309. 1864.; B. ciliata hort. ex Steudel, Nom. Bot. ed 2 1:193. 1840, non Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. 1825, pro syn. B. insignis Graham. 1829. —Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 2:213. 1843.; B. aucibifolia hort. ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :122. 1854—A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):309. 1864.; B. subpeltata hort. ex Regel, Gartenfl. 15:358. 1866, non Wight. 1852;

Male parent

B. unknown

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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