Cultivar
B. ‘Glen's Zip’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Glen's Zip’
- Originator
- Glen Lewis
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Place
- Reseda, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Cleopatra’
- Male Parent
- B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula
- ABS No
- 558
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B77 a128
- Article References
- The Begonian (44) March 1977, p. 79-80.
Plant
- Description
- No. 558 - Begonia (B. 'Cleopatra' X B. conchifolia 'Zip') 'Glen's Zip' This rhizomatous plant was originated in 1973 by Glen Lewis for The Plant Shop's Botanical Gardens (address above) and it first bloomed and was distributed in 1975. Leaves are buff-brown with light green central area, red-spotted; semi-peltate, 3 x 2 1/2”; margin undulate; texture smooth, 8-veined; petioles 6-8", slightly hairy. Registered September 3, 1976.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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