Cultivar

B. ‘Butterfly’

Photos

2 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Butterfly’
Originator: Berry
Date of Origin: 1931
Place: California
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
Female Parent: B. ‘Weltonensis’
Male Parent: B. ‘Autumn’
Publication Reference: K; WBHC-WW
Article References: American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison

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: Butterfly. Miniature, somewhat erect growth with conspicuous red brown stems. Leaves small, dark green center, silver-green zone toned with lavender from the center, bright green band set off by purplish brown margins.

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Weltonensis’

Male parent

B. ‘Autumn’

Unresolved

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Butterfly’

Female parent

B. ‘Weltonensis’

B. ‘Weltoniensis’;

Female parent

B. dregei var. dregei

B. parvifolia auct. non Schott: Graham, Bot. Mag. 66:pl. 3720. 1839.; B. suffruticosa Meisner, Linnaea 14:502, "1840". 1841.; B. natalensis W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 81:pl. 4841. 1855.; B. rubicunda hort. Turic. ex A. de Candolle. 1864.; B. richardsiana T. Moore. 1871.; B. richardsoniana Houllet. 1872.; B. partita Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 10:fig. 2. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. bolusii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143, pl. 6:fig. 2. 1961.; B. reniformis hort. Berol. ex Klotzsch. 1854 non Dryander. 1791.; B. suffruticosa Meisner f. worsdellii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:143. 1961.; B. parvifolia E. Meyer ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 4:357. 1836;

Male parent

B. sutherlandii ssp. sutherlandii

B. flava Binns, H. C. L. M.:23. 1968, non visus, non W. Marais. 1956.; B. snitcheri hort, Horticulture 25, 7:549. 1929, non visus. —Buxton, Check List Begonias :222, 1857; B. buttonii Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 1. 1961. Natal. Fig. 5.19. —Hilliard in Ross, Fl. South Afr. 22:141. 1976.; B. dissecta Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:178, pl. 11:fig. 2. 1961.; B. gueinziana Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:177. 1961.; B. suffruticosa Meisner var. gueinziana A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):385.1864.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. minuscula Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:170, pl. 10:fig. 1. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Hooker J.D. var. subcuneata Irmscher, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 81:164, pl. 8:fig. 2. 1961.; B. sutherlandii Binns, H.C.L.M. :23. 1968, non visus;

Male parent

B. ‘Autumn’

Unresolved

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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