Cultivar
B. ‘Dark Forest’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Dark Forest’
- Originator
- Chester F. Nave
- Date of Origin
- 1972
- Place
- San Leandro, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. kenworthyae
- Male Parent
- B. bowerae var. bowerae
- ABS No
- 332
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B73 a088
- Article References
- The Begonian (40) April 1973, p. 87-89.
- Photo References
- Murotani, Begonia in Colour :107. 1983;
Plant
- Description
- No. 332-Begonia (kenworthyae X bowerae) 'Dark Forest' An upright rhizomatous miniature with elongated ivy star-shaped leaves, 1 x 2 inches, was developed by Chester F. Nave, 2555 West Ave. 134, San Leandro, CA 94577 in 1965, first blamed in 1967, and was first distributed by the originator in 1969. The leaf margin is hairy, the texture heavy-waxy, the stipules persistent, drying, and color smokey, orange or brown. Blooms in the spring. Registered Aug. 22, 1972.
- Stem Type
- Erect
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
2
Male parent: B. ‘Dainty Lady’
Male parent: B. ‘Lime Freeze’
As male parent
1
Female parent: B. ‘Bowtique’
Culture
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