Cultivar

B. ‘Magiya’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Magiya’
Originator: Botanicaz
Date of Origin: 2020
Publication Date: 2022
Region: America
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Female Parent: B. baik
Male Parent: B. darthvaderiana
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: a combination of Maggie and Anya and happens to mean magic in Russian.
ABS No: 1072
Publication Reference: The Begonian, vol 89,p12, Jan/Feb 2022
Photo References: The Begonian, vol 89,p12-13, Jan/Feb 2022

Plant

Plant Height: 25 cm

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. baik

Male parent

B. darthvaderiana

Etymology: a combination of Maggie and Anya and happens to mean magic in Russian.

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Magiya’

Etymology: a combination of Maggie and Anya and happens to mean magic in Russian.

Female parent

B. baik

Resembles B. conipila; name honours a plant enthusiast Mr Jui-Chin Hung with the nickname “budak baik” (good boy in Malay), who first discovered this species

Male parent

B. darthvaderiana

Etymology: referring to the Darth Vader character in “Star Wars” movies because of its dark appearance; Black Knight

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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