Cultivar

B. ‘Esther Albertine’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Esther Albertine’
Originator: Belva Nelson Kusler
Date of Origin: 1973
Place: Siren, Wi.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like - Superba
Female Parent: B. aconitifolia
Male Parent: B. ‘Lenore Olivier’
Synonyms and Comments: Female parent cited as B. sceptrum
ABS No: 366
Publication Reference: ABS; B02 d060; B74 a021; B86 d008;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :17. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :67. 1983;

Plant

Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. aconitifolia

Male parent

B. ‘Lenore Olivier’

Female parent cited as B. sceptrum

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Esther Albertine’

Female parent cited as B. sceptrum

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. ‘Lenore Olivier’

B. ‘Zulu’;

Female parent

B. dichroa

Male parent

B. ‘Elaine’

Unresolved

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Jim Wyrtzen’

Male parent: B. chance seedling

As male parent

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

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