Cultivar
B. ‘Blirik’
Photos
1 photo
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Blirik’
- Originator
- Hartutiningsih-M. Siregar
- Date of Origin
- 2015
- Publication Date
- 2016
- Place
- Bogor Botanical Gardens, West Java
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. natunaensis
- Male Parent
- B. puspitae
- Synonyms and Comments
- 347/PVHP/2015
- Publication Reference
- BIODIVERSITAS Volume 17, Number 2, October 2016 Pages: 776 -782 “Four new varieties of Begonia from interspecific hybridization Begonia natunaensis C.W.Lin & C.I.Peng × Begonia puspitae Ardi”
Plant
- Description
- Rhizomatous plant type, plant height (24.5 cm). Single leaf blade, peltate, the leaf base cordate, leaf shape ovate, upper surface of the leaf color green G 137 A, secondary color on upper side red RP 70 B, the color of the leaf surface green, bottom reddish RP 70 C. Flowers single, white color W 155D. Plant stature strong, suitable for beautiful leafy ornamental plants in pots. Different characteristics from the parent are the peltate leaf shape, coloration of veins on upper side bright green, and white flowers. First flowered in January 2012. The derivation of the name comes from the color green leaf with bright colouration of veins, resulting in colored stripes or "blirik".
- Plant Spread
- Medium 28cm
- Plant Height
- Low 24.5cm
Lineage
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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