Cultivar

B. ‘Bonanza’

Photos

3 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Bonanza’
Originator: Irene Nuss
Date of Origin: 1968
Publication Date: 1978
Place: Westchester, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like - Superba
Female Parent: B. ‘Kentwood’
Male Parent: B. lubbersii
Synonyms and Comments: Judging by the photos there appear to be two different Cane-like cultivars with this name.
ABS No: 661
Publication Reference: B78 a289; B86 d009; ABS
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :10. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :117. 1983;

Plant

Plant Height: Tall
Stem Type: Upright
Other Features: Large flower clusters

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Kentwood’

Male parent

B. lubbersii

Judging by the photos there appear to be two different Cane-like cultivars with this name.

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Bonanza’

Judging by the photos there appear to be two different Cane-like cultivars with this name.

Female parent

B. ‘Kentwood’

B. sceptrum = B. aconitifolia

Female parent

B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’

Female parent

B. ‘Superba type seedling’

Male parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Male parent

B. lubbersii

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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