Cultivar

B. ‘Blitzen’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Blitzen’
Originator: Asmussen
Date of Origin: 1985
Place: Texas
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like
Female Parent: B. ‘Elaine’
Male Parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Synonyms and Comments: The male parent cited as the “partita” form of B. dregei
Publication Reference: AL; WBHC-WW

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Elaine’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. dregei var. dregei

The male parent cited as the “partita” form of B. dregei

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Blitzen’

The male parent cited as the “partita” form of B. dregei

Female parent

B. ‘Elaine’

Unresolved

Male parent

B. dregei var. dregei

B. parvifolia auct. non Schott: Graham, Bot. Mag. 66:pl. 3720. 1839.; B. suffruticosa Meisner, Linnaea 14:502, "1840". 1841.; B. natalensis W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 81:pl. 4841. 1855.; B. rubicunda hort. Turic. ex A. de Candolle. 1864.; B. richardsiana T. Moore. 1871.; B. richardsoniana Houllet. 1872.; B. partita Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 10:fig. 2. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. bolusii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 6:fig. 2. 1961.; B. reniformis hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch. 1854 non Dryander. 1791.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. worsdellii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143. 1961.; B. parvifolia E. Meyer ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 4:357. 1836;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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