Cultivar

B. ‘Van Ex’

Photos

4 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Van Ex’
Originator: Berry
Date of Origin: 1931
Place: California
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. grandis ssp. evansiana
Male Parent: B. ‘rex cv.’
Synonyms and Comments: B. ‘Van X’;
Publication Reference: K; WBHC-WW;
Article References: American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison;
Photo References: The Begonian, Jul 1941; The Begonian, Jun 1958; The Begonian, Oct 1947; Begonias, Misono 1974: 140 (234);

Plant

Description: American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison The following descriptions are recorded from observation notes made of the living collection during 1951-1952: Van X. Large leaves, very showy, stem dark. Dark green center, widely star shaped, silver band somewhat broken, margin broad and a green lighter than center, silver dotted, narrow brown toned edge. Veins on leaf reverse, dark red and showy.
Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. grandis ssp. evansiana

Male parent

B. ‘rex cv.’

B. ‘Van X’;

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Van Ex’

B. ‘Van X’;

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. ‘rex cv.’

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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