Cultivar

B. ‘Robin’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Robin’
Originator: Elsie Frey
Date of Origin: 1948
Publication Date: 1981
Place: Santa Barbara, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. dregei var. dregei
Male Parent: B. unknown
Publication Reference: MLT1;
Article References: American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :87. 1980; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 132 (220);

Plant

Description: American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison The following descriptions are recorded from observation notes made of the living collection during 1951-1952: Robin. Erect stems to almost 10 inches, warm red-brown like the new leaves, leaves medium to small. Most become a nice sage-green color covered with fine dots of pale pink. Thickly along veins, less in open areas. Flowers showy pink This charming begonia is not a "Rex" in the narrow sense of the word.
Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. dregei var. dregei

Male parent

B. unknown

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Robin’

Female parent

B. dregei var. dregei

B. parvifolia auct. non Schott: Graham, Bot. Mag. 66:pl. 3720. 1839.; B. suffruticosa Meisner, Linnaea 14:502, "1840". 1841.; B. natalensis W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 81:pl. 4841. 1855.; B. rubicunda hort. Turic. ex A. de Candolle. 1864.; B. richardsiana T. Moore. 1871.; B. richardsoniana Houllet. 1872.; B. partita Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 10:fig. 2. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. bolusii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 6:fig. 2. 1961.; B. reniformis hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch. 1854 non Dryander. 1791.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. worsdellii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143. 1961.; B. parvifolia E. Meyer ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 4:357. 1836;

Male parent

B. unknown

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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