Cultivar

B. ‘Black Gold’

Photos

4 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Black Gold’
Originator: Brad Thompson
Date of Origin: 1990
Publication Date: 1999
Place: Lomita, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like - Superba
Female Parent: B. ‘Jumbo Jet’
Male Parent: B. ‘dregei ‘Glasgow’’
ABS No: 970
Publication Reference: Begonian vol 66 p 191 Sep/Oct 1999; ABS; The Begonian, Nov-Dec 1999
Photo References: The Begonian, Nov-Dec 1999

Plant

Description: Dark oil colored lobed leaves with large light pink flowers. Heavy bloomer. Medium growing but branches well and stays full with little effort. Maintains a good shape on its own. Doesn't get mildew or drop leaves. Flowers are rose scented.
Plant Height: Low
Stem Type: Upright

Lineage

1 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Jumbo Jet’

Male parent

B. ‘dregei ‘Glasgow’’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Black Gold’

Female parent

B. ‘Jumbo Jet’

Male parent cited as seedling of B. ‘Orange Supreme’

Female parent

B. ‘Kentwood’

B. sceptrum = B. aconitifolia

Female parent

B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’

Male parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Supreme’

Female parent

B. ‘Shasta’

Male parent

B. dichroa

Male parent

B. ‘dregei ‘Glasgow’’

Descendants

1 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Hot Peaches’

Male parent: B. ‘Yubae’

As male parent

No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.

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