Cultivar

B. ‘Laura Jane’

Photos

1 photo

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Laura Jane’
Originator: Louise Schwerdtfeger
Date of Origin: 1957
Publication Date: 1981
Place: Santa Barbara, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Shrub-like
Female Parent: B. acetosa
Male Parent: B. acida
Publication Reference: MLT1; B73 d130; B74 r179; The Begonian, Mar 1978;
Article References: Beg.45:72 Mar,1978;
Photo References: The Begonian, Mar 1978;

Plant

Description: B. 'Laura Jane' (1957) (B. acetosa x B. acida) A creeping rhizomatous begonia. The medium green leaves are approximately 4" x 5" and have short, soft, colorless erect hairs on the upper surface and dark rose to rust hairs of the same texture on the underside. Strong petioles are covered with soft white hairs.
Plant Habit: Compact

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. acetosa

Male parent

B. acida

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Laura Jane’

Female parent

B. acetosa

B. cantareira hort., Begonian 17:175, 258. 1950; Begonian 19:180. 1952; B. U254;

Male parent

B. acida

B. ecuadoriensis hort. ex Buxton Begonias :29. 1932. —Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 40:256-7, pl. 1939 .— Buxton, Begonias : 37, 44 pl.1946.; B. brasiliensis hort. ex Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 40:256-7, pl.. 1939. non Klotzsch. 1855;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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