Cultivar

B. ‘Splotches’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Splotches’
Originator: Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin: 1978
Place: McKinleyville, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Trailing-Scandent
Female Parent: B. solananthera
Male Parent: B. radicans
ABS No: 701
Publication Reference: ABS; B02 p126; B79 a019; B80 r194; YBG
Photo References: The Begonian, May-Jun 1982

Plant

Plant Habit: Trailing

Lineage

2 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. solananthera

Male parent

B. radicans

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Splotches’

Female parent

B. solananthera

B. integerrima Tebbitt, Begonias 5:158. 2005. has been wrongly identified as B. solanathera A. de Candolle in general use. Both are very similar plants but B. solanthera has dense hairs on its peduncles and main veins of the lower leaf surfaces whereas there are none on B. integerrima.

Male parent

B. radicans

B. glaucophylla J. D. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 118:pl. 7219. 1892.; B. procumbens Vellozo,Fl. Flum. icon. 10:pl. 36. “1827". 1831.; B. limminghei Pynaert, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 1:259, pl. 1875.; B. limmingheana Morren, Belgique Hort. 16:21, pls. 3–4. 1866.; B. liminghi hort. Wein. Ill. Garten–Zeit, 10:426, pl. 1885.; B. dubia Vellozo, Fl. Flum. icon. 10: pl. 42. “1827" . 1831, nomen nudum.; descr. Arch. Mus. Nat. Rio de Janeiro 5:405. 1881, non Haworth. 1819.; B. sandersii hort. Kew ex A. de Candolle.1864.; B. fritz-muelleri Brade,Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro Bot. n.s. 1:12, pl. 3. 1944.; B. glaucophylla J. D. Hooker var. scandens hort. ex fotsch,1933.; B. glaucophylla J. D. Hooker. var. splendens hort. ex Fotsch,1933.; B. coccinea W. J. Hooker var. A. de Liming Regel, Gartenflora 17:194. 1868.; B. coccinea W. J. Hooker var. Comte Alfred de Limering Regel, Gartenflora 17:191, pl. 584.1868.; B. limminghei hort ex Gentil, Pl. Cult. Serres Jard, Bot. Brux. : 33. 1907, non visus.

Descendants

2 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Hanakanzashi’

Male parent: B. ‘Orange Rubra’

As male parent

B. ‘Hocking Bugaboo ’

Female parent: B. ‘Reese’s Orange’

Culture

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