Cultivar
B. ‘Great Expectations’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Great Expectations’
- Originator
- Gordon Lepisto
- Date of Origin
- 1975
- Place
- St. Paul, Mn.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Joe Blais’
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- ABS No
- 516
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B76 a155
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) June 1976, p. 155-169.
Plant
- Description
- No. 516 - Begonia (B. 'Joe Blais' X unknown) 'Great Expectations' Originated by Gordon Lepisto (address above) in 1973 and distributed in 1974, the rhizomatous, upright rhizome-type medium rex, spiral, has sericeous texture and sinuate, crested margins. The ovate, oblique leaves, under 6", have light green veins and smooth pink, succulent petioles, under 7". The light green leaves have flushed pink near center and margins with dark grey green, salt and pepper along all veins. The white 1" flowers form clusters of three on the top of a 7" stem above the plant, blooming periodically, throughout the year. Registered September 29, 1975.
- Plant Habit
- Upright
- Stem Type
- Upright
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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