Cultivar
B. ‘Gordy’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Gordy’
- Originator
- Gordon Lepisto
- Date of Origin
- 1973
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Place
- St. Paul, Mn.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. versicolor
- Male Parent
- B. ‘John Blais’
- ABS No
- 511
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B76 a135
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) May 1976, p. 135-137.
Plant
- Description
- The Begonian (43) May 1976, p. 135-137. No. 511 - Begonia (B. versicolor X B. 'John Blais') 'Gordy' Originated by Gordon Lepisto, 1775 Field Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 55116, in 1973, first bloomed in 1974, and first distributed in 1975. The dwarf, rex begonia is low-growing, compact, non-spiral, with creeping rhizome. The entire leaf is covered with raised, white spots with a red hair in dead center of each spot; the ovate, oblique-shaped leaves, 6" have dentate, ciliate, slightly-crested margin with verrucous texture. The veins are dark mahogany to light green near edge. The flowers are pink, I" diameter, single-flowered, on top of 3" stem, below plant leaves, blooming periodically year-round. Registered September 29, 1975.
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Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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