Cultivar

B. ‘Victoria’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Victoria’
Originator: Lindley or Jacob-Makoy
Date of Origin: 1858
Publication Date: 1859
Place: India
Country: India
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. xanthina
Male Parent: B. unknown
Publication Reference: C;IL

Plant

Description: Gartenflora. Erlangen: F. Enke, 1852-1940 Jahrg. 8 (1859): Page 274-5 Established by the establishment of Linden and endowed in the Hortus Lindenianus. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123879 Begonia Victoria Linden. From Assam. The B. poecila C. Koch related. Leaf about 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, bristly teeth. Surface brownish - green, drawn by irregular silvery stripes between nerves. Substrate bright red, with yellowish nerves.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. xanthina

Male parent

B. unknown

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Victoria’

Female parent

B. xanthina

Etymology: Greek xanthina (yellow) after the flower colour; B. lazuli Linden, Suppl. Cat. Pl. Exot. :2. 1858, nomen nudum. —W.J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5107. 1859.; B. xanthina W.J. Hooker var. lazuli W.J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5107. 1859.—C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:644. 1879.; B. picta auct. non J.E. Smith: hort. Jackson ex W.J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5107. 1859.; B. xanthina W. J. Hooker var. pictifolia W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5102. 1859;

Male parent

B. unknown

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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