Cultivar

B. ‘Pink Minx’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Pink Minx’
Originator: Kit Jeans-Mounger
Date of Origin: 2002s
Place: Afton, Tn.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like
Female Parent: B. aconitifolia
Male Parent: B. u062
Publication Reference: BGW;B98 d222;YBG
Photo References: Beg 90 p176 Sep/Oct 2023;

Plant

Description: Deeply lobed red backed leaves splashed silver and pink. Clusters of pink flowers throughout the season on this handsome, upright plant.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. aconitifolia

Male parent

B. U062

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Pink Minx’

Female parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Male parent

B. U062

Opinions vary on plant type, this plant often considered a Cane-like - mallet

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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