Cultivar

B. ‘Zebra Road’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Zebra Road’
Originator: Yang Huang
Date of Origin: 2020
Publication Date: 2022
Place: Guangxi
Country: China
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. cirrosa
Male Parent: B. filiformis
ABS No: 1105
Publication Reference: The Begonian, Vol. 89, p. 135, Jul/Aug 2022
Photo References: The Begonian, Vol. 89, p. 135, Jul/Aug 2022

Plant

Plant Height: 19 cm
Other Features: Require thin substrate layer with good drainage
Plant Hardiness: Relatively drought and heat tolerant

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. cirrosa

Male parent

B. filiformis

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Zebra Road’

Female parent

B. cirrosa

Etymology: Latin cirrosus (curled hair) after the indumentum; B. crispula Te-Tsun Yü ex Irmscher, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21:38. 1951, non Brade. 1950.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 52:442. 1983.

Male parent

B. filiformis

Etymology: Latin filiform (thread-like) perhaps referring to the long, slender flowering stalks

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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