Cultivar
B. ‘Frost's Dorothy Behrends’
See B. ‘Dorothy Behrends’
Photos
4 photos
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Frost's Dorothy Behrends’
- Originator
- Goldie Frost
- Date of Origin
- 1986
- Publication Date
- 1986
- Place
- Garden Grove, Ca.
- Country
- USA
- Region
- America
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Female Parent
- B. ‘Kosmatka’
- Male Parent
- B. carrieae
- Synonyms and Comments
- B. ‘Dorothy Behrends’
- ABS No
- 909
- Publication Reference
- ABS; B86 a162; B86 d162; The Begonian, Nov-Dec 1986;
- Article References
- The Begonian (53) Nov. 1986, p. 162-3
- Photo References
- The Begonian, Nov-Dec 1986;
Plant
- Description
- Begonia 'Frost's Dorothy Behrends' No. 909-Begonia 'Kosmatka' x carrieae 'Frost's Dorothy Behrends' Rhizomatous cultivar with ample basal growth; large, black, quilted leaves; white hairy petioles; and pink flowers. Broadly ovate leaf blades measuring up to 13" x 8" have acuminate-tipped lobes and faintly serrate margins. The richly textured, black green surface, marked by light green main veins, contrasts with the dark red underside. Green petioles, 20" long, are thickly covered with long, white, scaly hairs, each with a red dot at its base. The pink 2-tepaled male and 4-tepaled female flowers are 1" across, borne in three-times-dichotomous upright clusters on 30" peduncles in early spring. Originated in 1980 by Goldie Frost (10622 Teal Drive, Garden Grove, CA 92643); first bloomed in 1981. Tested by Dorothy Behrends, Encinitas, CA, in whose honor it is named. Published with photo as B. 'Dorothy Behrends' (not Mrs. Miller's cultivar of 1957) in Begonian "49" (48): 212-14, Oct. 1981, winner of New Introductions, Hobby Growers division, Distinctive Foliage subclass in 1981 ABS National Show. Registered Aug. 8, 1986.
Lineage
1 descendants
Ancestry tree
Descendants
1 recorded children
As female parent
1
Male parent: B. carrieae
As male parent
0
No children recorded with this plant as the male parent.
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