Cultivar

B. ‘Flame Red’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Flame Red’
Originator: Lei-Lei Yang and Ling-Fei Li
Date of Origin: 2021
Publication Date: 2024
Place: Shenzhen, Guangdong
Country: China
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Cane-like
Female Parent: B. maculata var. maculata
Male Parent: B. ‘Pinafore’
Synonyms and Comments: Seed parent listed as b. albopicta
ABS No: 1180
Publication Reference: Beg 91 p11 Jan/Feb 2024;
Photo References: Beg 91 p 11 Jan/Frb 2024;

Plant

Plant Spread: ca. 82 cm
Plant Height: ca. 98 cm

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. maculata var. maculata

Male parent

B. ‘Pinafore’

Seed parent listed as b. albopicta

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Flame Red’

Seed parent listed as b. albopicta

Female parent

B. maculata var. maculata

B. argyrostima Fischer ex Link & Otto, Icon. Pl. Sel. :23, pl. 10. 1821.—Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 2:626. 1825; B. punctata hort. ex Steudel, Nom. Bot.. ed. 2 1:194. 1840.; B. albo-picta; B. aculeata Walpers, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.–Carol, Nat. Cur. 16, suppl. 2(19, suppl. 1):409. 1843.; Repert. Bot. Syst. 5:767. 1846. —A. de Candolle in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4(1):354. 1861. [= B. maculata Raddi var. argentea (Van Houtte) A. de Candolle. 1861. — E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):583. 2005.; B. maculata var. argentea (van Houtte ex Klotzsch) A. de Candolle. 1861;

Male parent

B. ‘Pinafore’

Female Parent cited as a seedling of B. ‘Elaine’;

Female parent

B. ‘Elaine’

Unresolved

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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