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Cultivar

B. ‘Manuel’

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Manuel’
Originator
Barbara Rowe Philip
Date of Origin
1976
Publication Date
1979
Place
Santa Barbara, Ca.
Country
USA
Region
America
Plant Type
Rex Cultorum
Female Parent
B. Un-named rex cv.
Male Parent
B. Un-named rex cv.
ABS No
715
Publication Reference
ABS; Begonian 46:216. 1979.

Plant

Description
No. 715-Begonia (unnamed B. rex cultivar x unnamed B. rex cultivar) 'Manuel' Rex Cultorum group. Leaves are deep maroon and olive green with maroon edging, broad, unlobed, with a pointed tip, 11" x 8"; surface bumpy and rough; 8-veined; petioles 10". Flowers are white shaded rose, 1½" X 1¼", with 4 male and 5 female tepals and 7" peduncle, blooming in early fall. Originated in 1976.
Growth Type
Rhizome
Stem Type
Rhizome

Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. Un-named rex cv.

Male parent

B. Un-named rex cv.

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

0

No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.

As male parent

1

B. ‘Midnight Magic’

Female parent: B. ‘rex cv.’

Culture

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