Cultivar
B. ‘Bertha McGregor’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Bertha McGregor’
- Date of Origin
- 1892
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘rex cv.’
- Male Parent
- B. diadema
- Publication Reference
- B71; r201; GAR; BfBEH 73 1976;
- Article References
- The Begonian, June 1940;
- Photo References
- BfBEH 73 1976; 1893-Floral-treasures-catalog-Good-and-Reese-Co-p80; 1911-MacGregor-Bros-Floral-gems-for-autumn-p21; The Begonian, Jun 1940; The Begonian, Jan 1956;
Plant
- Description
- Rex begonias form one of the most brilliant and regal of all foliage plants and a very popular hybrid is "Bertha McGregor", pictured on the cover through the courtesy of the Lewis Begonia Gardens of Rivera. Mr. Robinson's description of this plant reads: "Most majestic upright grower. leaves large. almost palmate center and edges olivaceous black. large long blotches of tea green and irregular spots running out at ends of points."
- Growth Type
- Upright
- Stem Type
- Upright
Lineage
2 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
2 recorded children
As female parent
2
Male parent: B. Un-named rex cv.
Male parent: B. unknown
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
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