Cultivar
B. ‘Harry's Zip’
Photos
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Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Harry's Zip’
- Originator
- Rudolf Ziesenhenne
- Date of Origin
- 1970
- Publication Date
- 1977
- Place
- Santa Barbara, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Tracery’
- Male Parent
- B. conchifolia var. rubrimacula
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. ‘Harry Zip’
- ABS No
- 602
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B77 a306; YBG; The Begonian (44) Nov 1977, p. 306-309.
- Article References
- The Begonian (44) Nov 1977, p. 306-309.
Plant
- Description
- No. 602 - Begonia (B. 'Tracery' X B. 'Zip') 'Harry Zip’ This rhizomatous begonia originated by Rudolf Ziesenhenne, 1130 N. Milpas St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103 in 1970, first bloomed in 1971, and will be distributed in 1978. Leaves are peltate, with short hairs; medium green, lighter nerves, red spot in center; egg-shaped; 12.5 x 12 cm (5 x 4"); margin toothed and ciliate; texture thick, surface dull; nerves palmate, 8; petioles covered with brownish hair; stipules long triangular, hairy outside, keeled. Flowers pale rose, circular, 2 male, 2 female petals; arranged in a cyme on 22.5 cm (8 ½”) stem; blooms February-April. Hairy surface of leaves distinguishes this one from similar hybrids. Registered July 22, 1977.
Lineage
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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