Cultivar
B. ‘Ilona’ Series’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Ilona’ Series’
- Originator
- Koppe Young Plants
- Country
- The Netherlands
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Hiemalis
- Synonyms and Comments
- Rieger Begonia, Elatior Begonia;
Plant
- Description
- The Ilona series is a group of Hiemalis begonias designed for indoor flowering potted plant production. Growth habits are compact and upright.
- Growth Type
- compact upright
- Growth Rate
- moderate
- Plant Habit
- Upright
- Plant Spread
- Small
- Plant Height
- Very Low <25cm
- Stem Type
- Erect and succulent
- Stem Habit
- Well Branched
- Internodal Distance
- 1 cm
- Sun Tolerance
- shade
- Plant Hardiness
- tender
- Pests Diseases
- stem, leaf, and root rots, powdery mildew
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Rieger Begonia, Elatior Begonia;
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Propagation Method
- Cuttings, all varieties patented.
- Cultural Requirements
- http://www.optimara.com/2013%20Floremara.pdf
- Comments
- As with all commercial series the individual colors change or are improved on a continual basis. An entire series may disappear if sufficient improvements are made in a new line of genetics and when the company removes a series from the market they also clear as much old information about the series from any web based sources. They do this to avoid confusing their customer, nothing nefarious, but it makes it difficult to see changes in series over time, so this entry is merely a place marker showing the series at this point in time 2015.