Cultivar
B. ‘Mam’
Photos
2 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Mam’
- Originator
- Mickey Meyer
- Date of Origin
- 1974
- Publication Date
- 1986
- Place
- Tathra, NSW.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Asia
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. Universe
- Male Parent
- B. unknown
- ABS No
- 898
- AABS No
- 55
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B86 a108; B86 d108
- Article References
- The Begonian (53) July 1986, p. 108.
- Photo References
- Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin Krempin Books, Queensland Australia
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Mam' No. 898-Begonia 'Universe' x unidentified 'Mam' Rhizomatous with 4 1/2" x 31/2", crisp, oval, acute leaves of dark olive green, patterned with red to purple semi-zigzag markings. The margin is red to purple and entire. Pink flowers in full clusters are carried on tall peduncles, the male flowers 2-tepaled, the females 3-tepaled. Originated in 1974 by Mickey Meyer (address above); first bloomed in 1975; first distributed in 1975. Registered May 9, 1986.
Lineage
4 descendants
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
4 recorded children
As female parent
2
Male parent: B. rufa
Male parent: B. unknown
As male parent
2
Female parent: B. manicata var. aureomaculata
Female parent: B. manicata var. aureomaculata
Culture
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