Cultivar

B. ‘Thunderstruck’

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Thunderstruck’
Originator: Darren Heppel
Date of Origin: 2022
Publication Date: 2023
Country: USA
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. xanthina
Male Parent: B. ‘Silver Skies’
Synonyms and Comments: Male pollen provider "lazuli"
Publication Reference: Wendy Corby email 5/6/2023; Beg 90 p 227 Nov/Dec 2023;
Photo References: Beg 90 p 175 Sep/Oct 2023; Beg 90 p 227 Nov/Dec 2023;

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. xanthina

Male parent

B. ‘Silver Skies’

Male pollen provider "lazuli"

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Thunderstruck’

Male pollen provider "lazuli"

Female parent

B. xanthina

Etymology: Greek xanthina (yellow) after the flower colour; B. lazuli Linden, Suppl. Cat. Pl. Exot. :2. 1858, nomen nudum. —W.J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5107. 1859.; B. xanthina W.J. Hooker var. lazuli W.J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5107. 1859.—C.B. Clarke in J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:644. 1879.; B. picta auct. non J.E. Smith: hort. Jackson ex W.J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5107. 1859.; B. xanthina W. J. Hooker var. pictifolia W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 85:pl. 5102. 1859;

Male parent

B. ‘Silver Skies’

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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