Cultivar

B. ‘Frosty Meadows’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Frosty Meadows’
Originator: Hazel Burley
Date of Origin: 1975
Place: Brisbane, Qld.
Country: Australia
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. imperialis var. imperialis
Male Parent: B. ‘Sir Percy’
ABS No: 505
Publication Reference: ABS; B76 a135; The Begonian, Mar 1976;
Article References: The Begonian (43) March 1976, p. 77-79;
Photo References: Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin, Krempin Books, Queensland Australia; The Begonian, Mar 1976;

Plant

Description: No. 505 - Begonia (B. imperialis X B. 'Sir Percy') 'Frosty Meadows' This rhizomatous plant of distinctive foliage was originated by Hazel Burley (address above) in 1973; resembling B. 'Pink Pearl', but with no white; has not bloomed yet. Leaves are green completely shaded silver-brown with green veins; slightly star-like, 4 x 3", with rough-edged margins, brown on upper side; texture nearly smooth but puckered; nerves 7 all deeply indented; petioles 6-8"; stipules colorless when young. Registered August 8, 1975.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. imperialis var. imperialis

Male parent

B. ‘Sir Percy’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Frosty Meadows’

Female parent

B. imperialis var. imperialis

B. imperialis Lemaire var. brunnea Lemaire. 1861;

Male parent

B. ‘Sir Percy’

Female parent

B. ‘Silver Star’

Female parent

B. carolineifolia

B. rotata Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :11. 1853. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):335. 1864;

Male parent

B. ludicra

B. liebmannii A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):345. 1864. " liebmanni." —L.B. Smith & B.G. Schubert, Fieldiana: Bot. 24:174. 1961.; B. reptans Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :5. 1853, non Bentham. 1840.; B. repens Liebmann ex Hemsley, Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot. 1:497. 1880 non Lamarck. 1785;

Male parent

B. ‘Speculata’

Unresolved

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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