Cultivar

B. ‘Shadowfax’

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Shadowfax’
Originator: Brad Thompson
Date of Origin: 2003
Place: Lomita, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous - upright jointed
Female Parent: B. ‘Connee Boswell’
Male Parent: B. ‘Cynthia Bishop’
Publication Reference: BTL

Plant

Description: Upright and full growing on sturdy stems to 18 inches tall. Leaves are star-shaped and pure silver in color. Flowers are two-toned dark pink and white. Easy to grow.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Connee Boswell’

Male parent

B. ‘Cynthia Bishop’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Shadowfax’

Female parent

B. ‘Connee Boswell’

Conee Boswell; Connie Boswell

Female parent

B. palmata var. palmata

laciniata Roxburgh ex Wallich, Numer. List: 129, no. 3678A. 1831, nomen nudum. ; laciniata Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 3:649. 1832.; u026; roylei K. Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 10:75;u567; U477 u

Male parent

B. diadema

Considered to be a cultivar because no other finds in Borneo have occurred;

Male parent

Female parent

Male parent

Female parent

Male parent

Actual date of origin unclear.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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