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Cultivar

B. ‘Benitochiba’

Photos

4 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Benitochiba’
Originator: Isamu Misono
Date of Origin: 1973
Publication Date: 1984
Place: Japan
Country: Japan
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. ‘Filigree’
Male Parent: B. luxurians var. luxurians
Synonyms and Comments: B. luxurians cited as the male parent - more likely to be B. hemsleyana. Also marketed under the name B. “Pizzazz”
Publication Reference: B00;r177;MLT2

Plant

Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

3 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Filigree’

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Male parent

B. luxurians var. luxurians

B. luxurians cited as the male parent - more likely to be B. hemsleyana. Also marketed under the name B. “Pizzazz”

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Benitochiba’

B. luxurians cited as the male parent - more likely to be B. hemsleyana. Also marketed under the name B. “Pizzazz”

Female parent

B. ‘Filigree’

Several different B. rex cvs are grown under this name. Which is correct needs to be clarified. Also spelt B. ‘Filligree’ and B. ‘Filagree’

Female parent

B. ‘rex cv.’

Male parent

Considered to be a cultivar because no other finds in Borneo have occurred;

Male parent

B. luxurians var. luxurians

Descendants

3 recorded children

As female parent

3

B. ‘Crystals of Snow’

Male parent: B. ‘Frosted Star’

B. ‘Fire Dragon’

Male parent: B. ‘Storm Cloud’

B. ‘Star Dragon’

Male parent: B. ‘Storm Cloud’

As male parent

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No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

Comments: Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden.