Cultivar

B. ‘Bunchii’

See B. ‘Erythrophylla Bunchii’

Photos

5 photos

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Bunchii’
Originator: K. S. Bunch
Date of Origin: 1914
Publication Date: 1931
Place: Kansas
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. ‘Erythrophylla’
Synonyms and Comments: Sport of B. ‘Erythrophylla’;
Publication Reference: B72 p069; C; EKG; YBG;
Article References: Beg. 3:4. Jul. 1936;
Photo References: JBS, Begonias :43. 1980; The Begonian, Nov 1967; Exotica - Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor plants; Begonias, Misono 1974: 29 (24);

Plant

Description: Sport of B. ‘Erythrophylla’
Other Features: Basket Plant

Lineage

4 descendants

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Erythrophylla’

Male parent

Not recorded

Sport of B. ‘Erythrophylla’;

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Bunchii’

Sport of B. ‘Erythrophylla’;

Female parent

B. ‘Erythrophylla’

B. ‘Feastii’; Known as the “Beefsteak” begonia.

Female parent

B. hydrocotylifolia var. hydrocotylifolia

B. hydrocotylifolia Graham ex Klotzsch, Monatsber. Königel. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :125. 1854 pro syn. Gireoudia hydrocotylifolia (Otto ex W.J. Hooker) Klotzsch. 1854;

Male parent

B. manicata var. manicata

B. U171; B. U179; B. lepidota Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :17. 1853. —A. de Candolle in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4(1):388. 1861; B. schizolepis Liebmann, Vid. Medd. Naturh. F. Kjöbenhavn 1852 :17. 1853; B. robustior Standley & Williams, Ceiba 1:155. 1950.—L.B. Smith & D.C. Wasshausen, Phytologia 54:469. 1984.; B. manicata hort. Paris ex Otto & Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 11:35. 1843. —A. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1):342. 1864;

Descendants

4 recorded children

As female parent

B. ‘Beryl’

Male parent: B. unknown

B. ‘Brandy Snap’

Male parent: B. unknown

B. ‘Frosty Fairyland’

Male parent: B. ‘Bokit’

As male parent

B. ‘Tsurugi-no-mai’

Female parent: B. ‘Chumash’

Culture

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