Cultivar
B. ‘Bloodstone’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Bloodstone’
- Originator
- Kit Jeans
- Date of Origin
- 1977
- Publication Date
- 1980
- Place
- Johnsonville
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Black Queen’
- Male Parent
- B. ‘hatacoa Silver’
- Synonyms and Comments
- Excalibur Bloodstone
- ABS No
- 820
- Publication Reference
- B81 a121;ABS
- Article References
- The Begonian (49) May 1989, p. 121-3.
Plant
- Description
- Begonia (Excalibur grex) 'Bloodstone' No. 820-Begonia 'Black Queen' x hatacoa 'Silver' (Excalibur g.) 'Bloodstone' Rex Cultorum group; rhizomatous, with erect, branching rhizome. Burgundy, 3" x 1)/," ovate leaves have a glabrous surface with ciliate margin and 6 veins. Petioles are hairy and red; stipules chartaceous, red. Pink flowers, borne in cymes on 8" to 12" peduncles, are of typical B. rex form and 1"-1)/," in diameter, with 4 male and 5 female tepals, blooming almost continually. The thin, shiny, deep red leaves-even deeper on new growth are carried on a small, compact plant. Originated in 1977 by Kit Jeans, Route 1, New Johnsonville, TN 37134; first bloomed in 1978; first distributed in 1980. Tested by Thelma O'Reilly, 10942 Sunray Place, La Mesa, CA 92401. Registered April 1, 1980.
- Stem Type
- Erect
Lineage
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
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