B. ‘Forty Niner’

American Horticultural Society, October 1952, pg. 237-259; Concerning Rex Begonia, by B. Y. Morrison The following descriptions are recorded from observation notes made of the living collection during 1951-1952: Forty-Niner. Medium sized leaves, nice spiral curl. all conspicuous for the lustrous metallic quality of surfaces. Dense habit. Center dark-green small, almost starry, most of surfaces silver that extend in star like points to the dark brownish-green border. On new leaves there is a pinkish-lavender flush over silver.

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Rex Cultorum
• Date of Origin: 1981