Cultivar

B. ‘Sinbad’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Sinbad’
Originator: Naron Stewart
Publication Date: 1997
Place: Texas
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Female Parent: B. dipetala var. dipetala
Male Parent: B. u062
Publication Reference: B99 p218 , B97 d195;YBG
Photo References: Beg90, p 45 Mar/Apr 2023; Beg 90 p 45 Mar/Apr 2023

Plant

Description: Small leaves densely spotted silver, pink flowers all year.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. dipetala var. dipetala

Male parent

B. U062

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Sinbad’

Female parent

B. dipetala var. dipetala

Etymology: referring to the flowers with 2 tepals; B.malabarica Lamarck var. dipetala Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. :128. 1859. —C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:655. 1979. —Irmscher, Pareys Blumengart. ed. 2 :78. 1960.; malabarica A. de Candolle. 1864, non Lamarck, 1785.; tuberosa herb. Wight ex Wallich,1831; tuberosa herb. Heyne ex A. de C.,1864 non lamarck,1785; bipetala Loddiges in Steudel, Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 1:193. 1840. —Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 9:59. 1841. errore typographico pro dipetala Graham. 1828.; malabarica auct. non Lamarck: A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):392. 1864. —J. Doorenbos, Begonian 67:170. 2000. Circulated incorrectly as ‘Mrs. W. S. Kimball’;u044

Male parent

B. U062

Opinions vary on plant type, this plant often considered a Cane-like - mallet

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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