Cultivar

B. ‘Torsa’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Torsa’
Originator: Goldie Frost
Publication Date: 2001
Place: CA
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Tuberous
Female Parent: B. grandis ssp. evansiana
Male Parent: B. Bhotan species
Synonyms and Comments: Torso
Publication Reference: TSAM;B97 p240;B97 d203;BL01 12ap05
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :69. 1980;

Plant

Plant Height: Tall

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. grandis ssp. evansiana

Male parent

B. Bhotan species

Unresolved

Torso

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Torsa’

Torso

Female parent

B. grandis ssp. evansiana

B. obliqua auct. non L.:Thunberg,1784; B. evansiana Andrews,1811; B. discolor Brown, R. in Aiton,1813; B. erubescens Leveille,1909; B. sinensis A.de Candolle. var. haemaloneura Franch ex Gagnepain,1919; B. bulbifera hort. ex Steudal, Nom. Bot., 1821.; B. grandis Dryander subsp. grandis Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland. 2007; B. ‘Shukaido’

Male parent

B. Bhotan species

Unresolved

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

Comments: Considered a cold hardy begonia as per John Boggan and his experience in his Washington DC garden.