Cultivar

B. ‘Rubella’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Rubella’
Originator: Bull
Date of Origin: 1883
Place: England
Country: UK
Region: Europe
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ‘Fuscomaculata’
Male Parent: B. unknown
Publication Reference: MLT2
Article References: Beg. 3:5. Jul. 1936
Photo References: 1911-MacGregor-Bros-Floral-gems-for-autumn-p21

Plant

Description: McGregor Bros. Co., catalogue Springfield, Ohio : 1912. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186265 BEGONIA RUBELLA-A very ornamental Indian species. The flowers are borne on strong stalks one foot above the foliage, in large panicles of pink and white. Price, 19 cents each, three for 48 cents.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Fuscomaculata’

Male parent

B. unknown

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Rubella’

Female parent

B. ‘Fuscomaculata’

Female parent

B. heracleifolia var. heracleifolia

B. radiata Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. :182. 1833.; B. tanacetifolia hort. ex Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J.:182. 1833.; B. nigrescens Van Houtte ex Otto, Hamburger Garten–Blumenzeitung 8:9. 1852. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:469. 1984.; B. jatrophifolia hort. ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :215. 1855; Begoniac. :94. 1855. "jatrophaefolia”, pro syn. Gireoudia heracleifolia Klotzsch var. viridis Klotzsch. 1855. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):335. 1864.; B. trigonoptera Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. :218. 1921;

Male parent

B. strigillosa

B. daedalea Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 7, Misc. :54. 1860; Ill. Hort. 8:pl. 269. 1861. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):342. 1864.; B. barbana C. de Candolle, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:261 1896.; B. tinctoria L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, Contr. Gray Herb. 127:29. 1939;

Male parent

B. unknown

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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