Cultivar

B. ‘Ming Zhu’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Ming Zhu’
Originator: Registration by: Xin-Xin Feng, Dongguan Botanical Garden, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Date of Origin: 2019
Publication Date: 2023
Place: Guangdong
Country: China
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ningmingensis var. ningmingensis
Male Parent: B. arachnoidea
Synonyms and Comments: Etymology: Ming is from the second character of the Chinese name of B. ningmingensis, and Zhu is from the first character of the Chinese name of B. arachnoidea
ABS No: 1150
Publication Reference: Beg: vol 90, p. 92, May/Jun, 2023
Photo References: Beg 90 p 92 May/Jun 2023;

Plant

Growth Type: Rhizomatous
Plant Spread: 20 -25 cm
Plant Height: 15 - 25 cm

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ningmingensis var. ningmingensis

Male parent

B. arachnoidea

Etymology: Ming is from the second character of the Chinese name of B. ningmingensis, and Zhu is from the first character of the Chinese name of B. arachnoidea

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Ming Zhu’

Etymology: Ming is from the second character of the Chinese name of B. ningmingensis, and Zhu is from the first character of the Chinese name of B. arachnoidea

Female parent

B. ningmingensis var. ningmingensis

Etymology: after the type locality; B. morsei auct. non Irmscher: Tsue-Chih Ku., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 52(1):139, pl.30:3, 4. 1999, excl. type. — Ding Fang, Yi-Gang Wei, & Ching-I Peng, Bot. Studies 47:97. 2006.

Male parent

B. arachnoidea

Possibly synonymous with B. umbraculifolia var. flocculosa; Etymology: referring to the spiderweb venation of the leaf reverse

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Known In Cultivation: Yes