Cultivar

B. ‘Duchess of Cathay’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Duchess of Cathay’
Originator: Rudolf Ziesenhenne
Date of Origin: 1950
Place: Santa Barbara, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Rhizomatous
Female Parent: B. cathayana
Male Parent: B. ‘pustulata var. argentea ’
Publication Reference: Z; WBHC-WW

Plant

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Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. cathayana

Male parent

B. ‘pustulata var. argentea ’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Duchess of Cathay’

Female parent

B. cathayana

Etymology: from the old English name “Cathay” for China; B. bowringiana hort. Sander, Gard. Chron. III 33:245, pl.. 1903, non Champion. 1852. —Irmscher, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10:524. 1939;

Male parent

B. ‘pustulata var. argentea ’

B. pustulata 'Silver';

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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