Cultivar

B. ‘prismatocarpa Variegation’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘prismatocarpa Variegation’
Originator: Maria S. Weywand
Date of Origin: 1975
Place: Mastic Beach
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. prismatocarpa ssp. prismatocarpa
Synonyms and Comments: B. ‘Variegation’; sport of female parent;
ABS No: 522
Publication Reference: ABS; YBG; The Begonian, Jun 1978;
Article References: The Begonian (43) June 1976, p. 155-169; Tebbitt, Begonias 5:195. 2005;
Photo References: The Begonian, Jun 1978; The Begonian, Nov-Dec 2005;

Plant

Description: No. 522 – Begonia (B. prismatocarpa mutation) 'Variegation' Originated in 1974 by Maria S. Weywand, 6 Drury Lane, Mastic Beach, NY. 11951, first bloomed in 1974. The plant is a variegated form of B. prismatocarpa with the variegation appearing around the outer edges. Young plants come up almost white. Registered November 15, 1975.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. prismatocarpa ssp. prismatocarpa

Male parent

Not recorded

B. ‘Variegation’; sport of female parent;

Ancestry tree

B. ‘prismatocarpa Variegation’

B. ‘Variegation’; sport of female parent;

Female parent

B. prismatocarpa ssp. prismatocarpa

B. prismatocarpa W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 88:pl. 5307. 1862.; B. prismatocarpa W.J. Hooker subsp. prismatocarpa M. Sosef, Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 94(1):175. 1994.

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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