Cultivar
B. ‘Christine’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Christine’
- Originator
- Susie Zug
- Date of Origin
- 1972
- Place
- San Dimas, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. unknown
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- ABS No
- 334
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B73 a088
- Article References
- The Begonian (40) April 1973, p. 87-89.
Plant
- Description
- No. 334-Begonia (parents unknown) 'Christine' Susie Zug first developed this star rhizomatous begonia with unequal heart shaped, 5-lobed leaves in 1966 and first distributed it in 1967. The 3½ x 4½ inch leaves are pea green, patterned irregularly with maroon. The leaf margin is toothed and hairy, the texture smooth, the green veins 7-nerved. The petioles, 4 inches, are long hairy and red spotted; stipules are keeled with a hair point- Flowers have not been seen. Available 1973 from various growers. Registered Nov. 26, 1972.
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
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