Cultivar
B. ‘Brown Twist’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Brown Twist’
- Originator
- Leslie Woodriff
- Date of Origin
- 1977
- Place
- McKinleyville, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Bowtique’
- Male Parent
- B. ‘Tiger Kitten’
- ABS No
- 621
- Publication Reference
- B78 a083; ABS
- Article References
- The Begonian (45) March 1978, p. 83-84.
Plant
- Description
- No. 621 - Begonia (B. 'Bowtlque' X B. 'Tiler Kitten') 'Brown Twist' This rhizomatous plant with distinctive foliage has striking color combination of brown and chartreuse on unusual leaf shape. Leaves curly, twisted, spiraled, asymmetrical; 9 x 6.5 cm (3 ½ x 2 ½”); margin slightly cut, serrate; texture firm, smooth; nerves 5; petioles reddish; stipules green. Flowers whitish pink; 2 - 1" male, female petals; arranged in a panicle on 12" stem; blooms in spring and early summer. Originated and under propagation by Leslie Woodriff, 1100 Griffith Rd., McKinleyville, CA 95821; year developed, first bloomed, distributed not shown. Registered Aug. 28, 1977.
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Parents
Ancestry tree
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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