Cultivar
B. (cristata x Papilio)
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. (cristata x Papilio)
- Originator
- Vallerand Frères
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Place
- Asnières, Paris
- Country
- France
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Female Parent
- B. cristata
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Papilio’
- Article References
- Revue Horticole, Annee 83 (1911)
Plant
- Description
- Revue Horticole, Annee 83 (1911) (translated via Google Translate) New Tuberous Begonias: Tuberous Begonia breeders are continuing their improvements and making further progress. Each year, at the Paris Spring Exhibition, our specialists, Mr. Arthur Billard and MM. Vallerand, present in their beautiful lots of new varieties. Begonia cristata x papilio. – In this beautiful plant MM. Vallerand combines the qualities of the two races from which it springs, and whose name it bears. The flowers are large, adorned with elegant growths, such as B. cristata, and moreover, with irregular white patches that contrast with the more or less intense red background.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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