Cultivar
B. ‘Burgundy’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Burgundy’
- Originator
- Flaitz
- Date of Origin
- 1938
- Place
- California
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rex Cultorum
- Publication Reference
- K; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- The Begonian, December 1942, p 186.
Plant
- Description
- New Rex Hybrids by HELEN K. KRAUSS Wynnewood, Pa. The introduction of Begonia Rex from Assam in 1856 aroused excitement and all plant lovers of that time wanted a seedling, cutting, plant or leaf. The species has been lost us but fortunately we have many Rex hybrids of outstanding beauty. As foliage plants, they rank second to none. In recent years some exceptional hybrids have been developed. at the Flaitz gardens in Ojai, California. Rex hybrids have been crossed with Rex hybrids; Rex hybrids with Evansiana, among which are some interesting miniatures and other unusual Rexes; and Rex hybrids with B. picta. B. Burgundy is a large leaved, slightly spiraled rex suggesting the colors of green and wine-red grapes covered with a glaucous bloom. The veins are wine red from the sinus into the body of the leaf. At the center, the veins are outlined in black-green and dotted with long violet hairs, tipped with white. The body of the leaf is of a soft, light green overlaid with a wax-like bloom. The irregular border is of burgundy red and the center and border are overcast with deep violet.
Lineage
3 descendants
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Descendants
3 recorded children
As female parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the female parent.
As male parent
3
Culture
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