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Cultivar

B. ‘Apache’

Photos

4 photos

Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Apache’
Originator
Wallace W. Wagner
Date of Origin
1975
Place
Silverton, Or.
Country
USA
Region
America
Plant Type
Rhizomatous
Female Parent
B. bowerae var. bowerae
Male Parent
B. ‘Eppley’
ABS No
518
Publication Reference
B76 a155; B92 r187;WBHC-WW; ABS
Article References
The Begonian (43) June 1976, p. 155-169.

Plant

Description
No. 518 - Begonia (B. bowerae X B. 'Eppley') 'Apache' Originated by Wallace Wagner (address above) in May 1972, this rhizomatous plant first bloomed December 1972, and was first distributed in November 1975. The pink flowers bloom in winter. The medium green leaves are irregularly dark along nerves, which number 15. The reniform shape with basal lobes overlapping, 2 ½ x 1 ¾”, have shallowly lobed, toothed margins with few short hairs. Texture is medium; petioles, 2", flesh-colored with red spots and few hairs; stipules, triangular, keeled. Registered October 21, 1975.

Lineage

6 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. bowerae var. bowerae

Male parent

B. ‘Eppley’

Descendants

6 recorded children

As female parent

1

B. ‘Harbison Canyon’

Male parent: B. ‘Yanonali’

As male parent

5

B. ‘Another Apache’

Female parent: B. ‘Spring Symphony’

B. ‘Curly Q’

Female parent: B. bowerae var. bowerae

B. ‘Our Ming’

Female parent: B. ‘Spring Symphony’

B. ‘Red Scallops’

Female parent: B. ‘Baloo’

B. ‘Rum Cocktail’

Female parent: B. ‘Baloo’

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