Cultivar
B. ‘Colonel Gale’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Colonel Gale’
- Originator
- Louise Schwerdtfeger
- Date of Origin
- 1952
- Publication Date
- 1981
- Place
- Santa Barbara, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘manicata aureo-maculata crispa’
- Male Parent
- B. kenworthyae
- Publication Reference
- MLT1; B01 r168; B78 a072; The Begonian, Feb 1971;
- Article References
- Beg.45:72 Mar,1978;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :45. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :109. 1983; The Begonian, Feb 1971;
Plant
- Description
- B. 'Colonel Gale' (1952) (B. manicata crispa x B. kenworthyae) The parents of this begonia have been known to be demanding to grow. This plant is easily recognized. It is an upright rhizomatous with close nodes. The leaves have a bluish green cast. Translucent petioles with sparse red markings hold aloft delicate leaves whose light green veins are prominent. There is a collar of neat red scales on the stem where it is joined to the leaf blade on the underside.
- Stem Type
- Upright
- Internodal Distance
- Close
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
3
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
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