Cultivar
B. ‘Margaritacea’
Photos
5 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Margaritacea’
- Originator
- James Veitch and Sons
- Date of Origin
- 1883
- Publication Date
- 1895
- Place
- Chelsea
- Country
- England, UK
- Region
- Europe
- Plant Type
- Cane-like - Mallet
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Arthur Mallet’
- Male Parent
- B. coccinea
- Synonyms and Comments
- Another reference has B. ‘Gloire De Sceaux’ as the male parent;
- Publication Reference
- K; B73 r004; BB; WCH;
- Photo References
- JBS, Begonias :26. 1980; Murotani, Begonia in Colour :156. 1983; The Begonian, Aug 1947; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 88 (133);
Plant
- Description
- metallic rose leaves, red under. Bright pink flowers are produced liberally most of the year. Veitch’s' Catalog. of PI. 1895, p. 2, fig. p. 4. A hybrid foliage Begonia raised at Chelsea, with leaves of a deep bronzy-green ground color covered with irregular silver-rose spots and blotches, and numerous short crimson hairs. The leaves, of the usual oblique form, are toothed along the margin; the under surface is of a glossy vinous-red.
- Plant Habit
- Cane-like
Lineage
Parents
Another reference has B. ‘Gloire De Sceaux’ as the male parent;
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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