Cultivar
B. ‘Forty Niner’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Forty Niner’
- Publication Date
- 1981
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Publication Reference
- MLT1; B71 r201;
- Article References
- American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison;
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Jan 1956; Begonias, Misono 1974: 116 (186);
Plant
- Description
- American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison The following descriptions are recorded from observation notes made of the living collection during 1951-1952: Forty-Niner. Medium sized leaves, nice spiral curl. all conspicuous for the lustrous metallic quality of surfaces. Dense habit. Center dark-green small, almost starry, most of surfaces silver that extend in star like points to the dark brownish-green border. On new leaves there is a pinkish-lavender flush over silver.
- Plant Habit
- Upright
- Stem Type
- Upright
Lineage
1 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. ‘Christopher Robin’
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
Culture
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