Cultivar
B. ‘Maphil’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Maphil’
- Originator
- Walker
- Date of Origin
- 1952
- Place
- California
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. bowerae var. bowerae
- Synonyms and Comments
- Cited as a seedling of the female parent;
- ABS No
- 11
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B54 a130; crc-p; The Begonian, Dec 1980;
- Article References
- The Begonian (46) May 1979, p. 110-112;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :56. 1980; The Begonian, Dec 1980; The Begonian, Jan 1964; The Begonian, Aug 1968; Begonias, Misono 1974: 85 (131);
Plant
- Description
- SOME OLDER FAVORITES by Bob Hamm, Wichita Falls, Texas B. 'Maphil' - also called B. 'Cleopatra' - rhizomatous with variable leaves (from green and chocolate to almost black), pink blooms in winter.
Lineage
12 descendants
Parents
Cited as a seedling of the female parent;
Ancestry tree
Descendants
12 recorded children
As female parent
6
Male parent: B. ‘Maphil’
Male parent: B. ‘Black Beauty’
Male parent: B. conchifolia var. conchifolia
Male parent: B. peltata var. peltata
Male parent: B. ‘Maphil’
Male parent: B. ‘Maphil’
As male parent
9
Female parent: B. ‘Maphil’
Female parent: B. ‘Missouri’
Female parent: B. ‘Bow-Nigra’
Female parent: B. (bowerae var. nigramarga x Sunderbruchii)
Female parent: B. ‘Maphil’
Female parent: B. bowerae var. bowerae
Female parent: B. ‘Norah Bedson’
Female parent: B. hydrocotylifolia var. hydrocotylifolia
Female parent: B. ‘Maphil’
Culture
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