Cultivar

B. ‘Madame Vanderwilt’

Photos

3 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Madame Vanderwilt’
Originator: Brad Thompson
Date of Origin: 2004
Place: California
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous - upright jointed
Female Parent: B. ‘Connee Boswell’
Male Parent: B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’
Publication Reference: BTL;YBG

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Connee Boswell’

Male parent

B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Madame Vanderwilt’

Female parent

B. ‘Connee Boswell’

Conee Boswell; Connie Boswell

Female parent

B. palmata var. palmata

laciniata Roxburgh ex Wallich, Numer. List: 129, no. 3678A. 1831, nomen nudum. ; laciniata Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 3:649. 1832.; u026; roylei K. Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 10:75;u567; U477 u

Male parent

B. diadema

Considered to be a cultivar because no other finds in Borneo have occurred;

Male parent

B. ‘Little Brother Montgomery’

Female parent

B. palmata var. palmata

laciniata Roxburgh ex Wallich, Numer. List: 129, no. 3678A. 1831, nomen nudum. ; laciniata Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 3:649. 1832.; u026; roylei K. Koch, Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 10:75;u567; U477 u

Male parent

B. diadema

Considered to be a cultivar because no other finds in Borneo have occurred;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Comments: One of at least six different cultivars named in honor of Julie Vanderwilt (1945-2021), a cherished Begonia enthusiast and an active member of the American Begonia Society from Santa Barbara, CA. Ms. Vanderwilt was known for her open and friendly personality, her dedication to community in many different forms, and her IT skills which led to the first iteration of the American Begonia Society’s website and she also administered ‘The Yahoo Group’ which for a decade or more was the primary interactive chat site for Begonias in the early 2000’s.