Cultivar

B. ‘Bardon Hills’

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Bardon Hills’
Originator: Hazel Burley
Date of Origin: 1972
Publication Date: 1975
Place: Brisbane, Qld.
Country: Australia
Region: Asia
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ‘Ricinifolia’
Male Parent: B. ‘Arcola’
ABS No: 497
Publication Reference: B76 a077; ABS
Article References: The Begonian (43) March 1976, p. 77-79.
Photo References: Know Your Begonias, Jack Krempin, ®1993 by Jack Krempin, Krempin Books, Queensland Australia

Plant

Description: No. 497 - Begonia (B. ‘Ricinifolia' X B. 'Arcola') 'Bardon Hills' Originated by Hazel Burley, 191 Simpson Rd., Bardon, Brisbane 4065, old Australia, in 1972 and first bloomed and distributed in 1974, the rhizomatous plant has a distinctive leaf and is vigorous and easy to grow. The leaves are almost black with green bleeding off each vein, taking the shape of a maple leaf, 6" x 4"; rough, lightly-spiked margin and slightly-hairy texture; petioles up to 10"; nerves 7; stipules, colorless. Flowers are pink on stems 10-12". Registered August 8, 1975.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Ricinifolia’

Male parent

B. ‘Arcola’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Bardon Hills’

Female parent

B. ‘Ricinifolia’

Female parent

B. heracleifolia var. heracleifolia

B. radiata Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. :182. 1833.; B. tanacetifolia hort. ex Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J.:182. 1833.; B. nigrescens Van Houtte ex Otto, Hamburger Garten–Blumenzeitung 8:9. 1852. —L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:469. 1984.; B. jatrophifolia hort. ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :215. 1855; Begoniac. :94. 1855. "jatrophaefolia”, pro syn. Gireoudia heracleifolia Klotzsch var. viridis Klotzsch. 1855. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):335. 1864.; B. trigonoptera Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. :218. 1921;

Male parent

B. barkeri

B. peponifolia A. T. Brongniart, ex F. Cels, Ann. Fl. Pomone :105. 1842.; B. peponifolia A. T. Brongniart ex F. Cels var. beta A. T. Brongniart ex F. Cels, Ann. Fl. Pomone :106. 1842.; B. peponifolia hort.ex Schlechtendal, Linnaea 24:180. 1851.; B. megaphylla A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 11:133. 1859.; B. macrophylla hort. Berol ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :216. 1855; Begoniac. :96. 1855, pro syn. Gireoudia B. macrophylla Klotzsch var. concolor Klotzsch,1855 —J. Golding & C. Karegeannes, Phytologia 54:496. 1984.; B. peponifolia hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854 :216. 1855.;B. peponifolia Visiani ex A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):341. 1864.;B. macrophylla Klotzsch var concolor (Klotzsch) J. Doorenbos ex F. A. Barkley & J. Golding, Sp. Begoniaceae, ed. 2 :74. 1974. —fide J. Doorenbos in litteris, J. Golding & C. Karegeannes, Phytologia 54:496. 1984.; B. macrophylla Klotzsch var discolor (Klotzsch) J. Doorenbos ex F. A. Barkley & J. Golding. 1974.—fide J. Doorenbos in litteris [= B. peponifolia Visiani ex A. de Candolle. 1864.] —J. Golding & C. Karegeannes, Phytologia 54:497. 1984.

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Descendants

No recorded descendants.

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