Cultivar
B. ‘Estrada’
Photos
4 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Estrada’
- Originator
- Goldie Frost
- Date of Origin
- 1981
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Place
- Garden Grove, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. carolineifolia
- Male Parent
- B. carrieae
- ABS No
- 913
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B83 p127; B86 a162; B86 d162; The Begonian, Sep-Oct 1983;
- Article References
- The Begonian (53) Nov. 1986, p. 162-3;
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Sep-Oct 1983;
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Estrada' No. 913-Begonia carolineifolia x carrieae 'Estrada' Rhizomatous with large, deeply parted, bright green leaves and light pink flowers. Leaf blades-influenced by the seed parent's shape and the pollen parent's surface-are quilted, hairy, soft textured, and up to 20" x 18", with wavy, long triangular, acuminate, coarsely serrate lobes. They are marked by 9 lighter green main veins. Petioles up to 36" long are slightly hairy; stipules are not persistent. The light pink 2-tepaled male and 4-tepaled female flowers are 1" across on peduncles up to 48" tall in the spring. Bracteoles are paired at each forking of the large clusters. Originated in 1981 by Goldie Frost (address above); first bloomed in 1982; first distributed in 1981. Tested by Gil Estrada of Volume 53 November-December 1986 Downey, CA. for whom it is named, and by Pat Maley of Placerville, CA. Published by Pat Maley with a drawing,
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No recorded descendants.
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