Cultivar
B. ‘Bethlehem Star’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Bethlehem Star’
- Originator
- Wallace W. Wagner
- Date of Origin
- 1975
- Place
- Silverton, Or.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. bowerae var. bowerae
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Eppley’
- ABS No
- 519
- Publication Reference
- Begonian 46:219-20. 1979; B98 p138; B76 a155; ABS; The Begonian, Mar 1979;
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) June 1976, p. 155-169;
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Mar 1979;
Plant
- Description
- No. 519 - Begonia (B. bowerae X B. 'Eppley') 'Bethlehem Star' Originated by Wallace Wagner (address above) in May 1972, first bloomed in December 1972, and first distributed November 1975, this rhizomatous plant has leaves that are nearly black with some green between nerves; the broadly-uneven, heart-shaped leaves with abrupt points, I ½ x 1 ¼” have shallow toothed margins with short hairs. The stipules are triangular keeled; petioles are green, red spotted, thinly haired; nerves 7; texture medium. Pink flowers with dark-pink spots bloom in winter. Registered October 21, 1975.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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