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Cultivar

B. ‘Ruby Tears’

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Ruby Tears’
Originator: Brad Thompson
Date of Origin: 2003
Place: Lomita, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like
Female Parent: B. ‘Lomita Lady’
Male Parent: B. ‘Fabulous Tom’
Publication Reference: BTL

Plant

Description: Medium growing upright to 2 feet. Full growing with dark green oval leaves with light dentation on the outer edge and some light small spots. Flowers are dark ruby-red. Easy to grow.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Lomita Lady’

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Male parent

B. ‘Fabulous Tom’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Ruby Tears’

Female parent

B. ‘Lomita Lady’

Female parent

Encanto Lana

Female parent

B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’

Male parent

Male parent

B. ‘Lady Mary’

Female parent

B. ‘Jumbo Jet’

Male parent cited as seedling of B. ‘Orange Supreme’

Male parent

Male parent

B. ‘Fabulous Tom’

B. ‘Annan Spice’

Female parent

B. ‘Tom Ment’

Female parent

B. ‘Di-Erna’

Male parent also listed as B. rubra hort.;

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Rubra’

Male parent

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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