Cultivar

B. ‘Kara’

Photos

1 photo

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Kara’
Originator: Hazel Burley
Date of Origin: 1981
Publication Date: 1986
Place: Brisbane, Qld.
Country: Australia
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ‘Crestabruchii’
Male Parent: B. chance seedling
ABS No: 906
AABS No: 3
Publication Reference: ABS;AUST;B86 a130;B86 d130

Plant

Description: Very large rhizomatous plant with thick rhizome and large crested leaves.
Growth Type: bun shaped (open and drooping) mound
Growth Rate: moderate
Plant Habit: loose and lax
Plant Spread: wide to 1m
Plant Height: 1m
Stem Type: thick rhizome
Stem Habit: creeping
Other Features: very crested margin on the large leaves
Sun Tolerance: early morning sun
Plant Hardiness: 0°c in a sheltered position

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Crestabruchii’

Male parent

B. chance seedling

Ancestry tree

Female parent

Female parent

Male parent

B. heracleifolia var. sunderbruckii;

Female parent

B. ‘Ricinifolia’

Male parent

B. heracleifolia var. heracleifolia

B. radiata Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. :182. 1833.; B. tanacetifolia hort. ex Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J.:182. 1833.; B. nigrescens Van Houtte ex Otto, Hamburger Garten–Blumenzeitung 8:9. 1852. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:469. 1984.; B. jatrophifolia hort. ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :215. 1855; Begoniac. :94. 1855. "jatrophaefolia”, pro syn. Gireoudia heracleifolia Klotzsch var. viridis Klotzsch. 1855. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):335. 1864.; B. trigonoptera Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. :218. 1921;

Male parent

B. chance seedling

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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