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Cultivar

B. ‘Calca’

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Calca’
Originator
Mickey Meyer
Publication Date
1974
Place
Tathra, NSW.
Country
Australia
Region
Asia
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Female Parent
B. unknown
Male Parent
B. unknown
ABS No
426
Publication Reference
B75 a065;ABS
Article References
The Begonian (42) March 1975, p. 65-66.

Plant

Description
No. 426-Begonia (unknown parentage) 'Calca' Named by the originator, Mrs. Mickey Meyer, Yuppara St., Tathra, N.S.W., Australia, using the aboriginal word for 'Star', this cultivar came from the same seed pod as B. 'Mara' which follows. Leaves are apple green, very starred, black in blotches, 3 1/2 " x 5 1/2 ", margined with short white eyelash, texture crisp, standing erect, with six nerves. The flowers of this rhizomatous begonia emerge green but open to a white/pink, closely arranged in several bunches oh 10 inch stems, blooming spring through autumn. Registered Sept. 25, 1974.

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No recorded descendants.

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