Cultivar
B. ‘Mae Bee’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Mae Bee’
- Originator
- Yvonne Wells
- Date of Origin
- 1975
- Place
- Mesquite, Tx.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. versicolor
- Male Parent
- B. morelii
- ABS No
- 510
- Publication Reference
- ABS;B76 a135
- Article References
- The Begonian (43) May 1976, p. 135-137.
Plant
- Description
- No. 510 - Begonia (B. versicolor X B. morelii) 'Mae Bee' Originated in 1972 by Yvonne Wells, 1739 Potter Lane, Mesquite, Texas 75149, this rhizomatous plant of distinctive foliage has pink flowers with red hairs, arranged on I" to 2" stem, blooming in wintertime. The leaves are reddish-green with red hairs, of oval shape, 1 – 1 ¼”, with soft-hairy texture. This plant grows easily and compactly. Registered September 9, 1975.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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