Cultivar
B. ‘Camaray’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Camaray’
- Originator
- Mickey Meyer
- Date of Origin
- 1974
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Place
- Tathra, NSW.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Sir Percy’
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- ABS No
- 544
- AABS No
- 56
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B76 a338
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) Dec 1976, p. 337-341.
- Photo References
- Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin Krempin Books, Queensland Australia
Plant
- Description
- No. 544 - Begonia (B. 'Sir Percy' X unknown) 'Camaray' Described as an eye-catching begonia, best in a hanging basket, this rhizomatous, exotic-type plant has widely-uneven, heart shaped, 4-lobed leaves with reddish veins, glistening with white hairs, 5 x 6 in., margin jagged; crisp texture; eight-nerved. Originated by Mickey Meyer, 16 Yuffara St., Lathra, N.S.W., Australia in 1974, and first distributed and bloomed in 1976 with white, small, neat flowers arranged out from plant on 7-9 inch stem; blooms spring and summer. Registered August 25, 1976.
Lineage
4 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
4 recorded children
As female parent
4
Male parent: B. ‘Star Gazer’
Male parent: B. Universe
Male parent: B. ‘Griselda’
Male parent: B. ‘Griselda’
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
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