Cultivar
B. ‘Bantam Gem’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Bantam Gem’
- Originator
- C. F. Jensen
- Date of Origin
- 1962
- Publication Date
- 1965
- Place
- California
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘rex cv.’
- Male Parent
- B. pendula
- ABS No
- 222
- Publication Reference
- B65;a239;B73;r224;ABS
- Article References
- The Begonian (32) Dec 1965, p 239.
Plant
- Description
- No. 222 - B. 'Bantam Gem.' A real miniature Rex begonia is this cultivar originated by C. Floyd Jensen of Richmond, California. It is a cross between a Rex and a hanging tuberous. begonia, but it grows upright and branches at each leaf, making a full, bushy plant. It has been growing since 1962 but has not bloomed yet. However, it roots easily from any place along the stem. The leaves are small, I" x 1 ½ “, of green covered with silver speckles and showing red veins, with the underside light red. It reaches six to eight inches in height. Mr. Jensen plans to distribute his. new miniature in the East and South where it should succeed as a windowsill plant. At the 1964 ABS. convention it was shown by Chester Nave.
Lineage
Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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