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Cultivar

B. ‘Virbob’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Virbob’
Originator
M. Walker
Date of Origin
1952
Place
California
Country
USA
Region
America
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Female Parent
B. bowerae var. bowerae
Synonyms and Comments
Seedling of the female parent;
ABS No
10
Publication Reference
ABSB54 a130; B95 r055;
Photo References
JBS, Begonias :66. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :23. 1983; The Begonian, Mar 1955; Begonias, Misono 1974: 172-3 (297); Begonias, Misono 1974: 15;

Plant

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Lineage

22 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Male parent

Not recorded

Seedling of the female parent;

Descendants

22 recorded children

As female parent

14

B. ‘Hairy Black’

Male parent: B. ‘Sisquoc’

B. ‘Hikoboshi’

Male parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Hitachino’

Male parent: B. ‘Virbob’

B. ‘Kogane’

Male parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Leopon’

Male parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Little Joe’

Male parent: B. ‘Libby Lee’

B. ‘Maple of Fuji’

Male parent: B. ‘Stanford’s Miniature’

B. ‘Oboko’

Male parent: B. ‘Lospe’

B. ‘Okoko’

Male parent: B. ‘Lospe’

B. ‘Orihime’

Male parent: B. ‘Black Magic’

B. ‘Pattern’

Male parent: B. ‘Verde Grande’

B. ‘Sunny Smile’

Male parent: B. ‘Lospe’

B. ‘Tigon’

Male parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Tukubane’

Male parent: B. ‘Virbob’

As male parent

10

B. ‘Chartreuse’

Female parent: B. bowerae var. nigramarga

B. ‘Dr. Evers’

Female parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Dr. Spelios’

Female parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Harukaze’

Female parent: B. ‘Sisquoc’

B. ‘Hitachino’

Female parent: B. ‘Virbob’

B. ‘Kokuryu’

Female parent: B. bowerae var. nigramarga

B. ‘Midget’

Female parent: B. ‘Joe Hayden’

B. ‘Petey’

Female parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Sessoms’

Female parent: B. ‘Chumash’

B. ‘Tukubane’

Female parent: B. ‘Virbob’

Culture

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