Cultivar

B. ‘Versailles’

Photos

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Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Versailles’
Originator: Morel
Date of Origin: 1962
Place: France
Country: France
Region: Europe
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. decora
Male Parent: B. cathayana
Publication Reference: BCL2;
Photo References: The Begonian, Aug 1961;

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. decora

Male parent

B. cathayana

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Versailles’

Female parent

B. decora

Etymology: after the decorative leaves; B. praeclara King, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng., pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 71:66. 1902. —Ridley, J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4:21. 1909; Fl. Malay Penins. 1:863. 1922;

Male parent

B. cathayana

Etymology: from the old English name “Cathay” for China; B. bowringiana hort. Sander, Gard. Chron. III 33:245, pl.. 1903, non Champion. 1852. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:524. 1939;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

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