Cultivar

B. ‘Tiny Gem’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Tiny Gem’
Originator: Leslie Woodriff
Date of Origin: 1977
Publication Date: 1978
Place: McKinleyville, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Trailing-Scandent
Female Parent: B. ‘Orange Rubra’
Male Parent: B. solananthera
ABS No: 706
Publication Reference: ABS;B79 a019;B92 r174; Beg 90 p 202 Nov/Dec 2023;
Photo References: Beg 90 p 202 Nov/Dec2023;

Plant

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Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Orange Rubra’

Male parent

B. solananthera

Ancestry tree

Female parent

Female parent

Male parent

Cited as a form of B. coccinea

Female parent

B. coccinea

B. rubra hort. ex Irmscher. 1960;

Male 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.

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Tangier’

Male parent: B. ‘Coral Chimes’

As male parent

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

Culture

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