Cultivar
B. ‘Irish Dream’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Irish Dream’
- Originator
- Leslie Woodriff
- Date of Origin
- 1979
- Place
- McKinleyville, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Cleopatra’
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- ABS No
- 753
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B80 a140;B89 r207
- Article References
- The Begonian (47) May 1980, p. 140-1.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Irish Dream' No. 753-Begonia 'Cleopatra' x unknown 'Irish Dream' Rhizomatous with distinctive foliage and rhizome joined at or below the soil. Double-spiraled 5" x 6" leaves, medium brown with chartreuse stripes, have a lobed margin, smooth surface, 10 veins, clear white petioles, and red stipules. Leaves are larger than most spiraled, striped cultivars, and the plant is more compact. Originated in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff (address above), it has not bloomed to date. First distributed in 1979. Registered Sept. 8, 1979.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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