Cultivar
B. ‘Gee Whiz’
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Gee Whiz’
- Originator
- Bernard Yorke
- Date of Origin
- 1970
- Publication Date
- 1973
- Place
- Brisbane, Qld.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Sir Percy’
- Male Parent
- B. heracleifolia var. nigricans
- Synonyms and Comments
- Looks to be two different plants in the photos with the same name.
- ABS No
- 626
- AABS No
- 51
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B78 a083
- Article References
- The Begonian (45) March 1978, p. 83-84.
- Photo References
- Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin Krempin Books, Queensland Australia
Plant
- Description
- No. 626 - Begonia (B. 'Sir Percy' X B. heracleifolia nigricans) 'Gee-whiz' Developed in 1976, and first distributed in 1977, this rhizomatous begonia has a dull silver shading with green veins, red underneath; slightly star-shaped, with uneven points; (7 x 3"); margin is rough with some hairs; texture is rough but smoother than B. 'Sir Percy' with some hairs; nerves 7; petioles 18 cm (7"); stipules colorless. Has not bloomed. Originated by Bernard Yorke, 24 Mulgowie St., Sunnybank, Brisbane, Aust. Registered Sept. 28, 1977.
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
Looks to be two different plants in the photos with the same name.
Ancestry tree
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. bowerae var. nigramarga
As male parent
2
Female parent: B. ‘Sir Percy’
Female parent: B. bowerae var. nigramarga
Culture
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