B. ‘Jacqklod’
Chance seedling with unknown parentage. The plant has a port spread on the ground, forming a cushion of 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter, the rhizome is thick, 2 to 4 centimeters wide, luscious, light reddish brown with spots in the form of creamy white scales which splits spontaneously, petioles dark red-brown to red wine-red, with pink streaks, covered with a red purple down becoming scarious pilosities with aging, leaves strongly asymmetrical, lobed, live green shaded with light brown, becoming dark green shaded with brown, lighter near veins that are pale green, apex is pale brown, star-shaped, marginally dentate and ciliate when leaves are young, these pilosities disappear on adult leaves, reverse of leaves wine lees , with light green shadows near the veins, veins in relief on the underside, light green, with small purple-purple straight hair, inflorescence borne by a vertical petiole directly from the rhizome, green oli it is spotted with red, covered with pale tomentum and stiff purple red hairs, the inflorescence is composed of 1 to 3 small bouquets of 5 to 7 flowers, male and female at the same time, the males with two tepals, light pink shaded with purple in the center, pale pink females with an ovary with three greenish wings, light green, almost translucent ciliate obovate scales. Flowering February – March.
- Classification: Cultivar
- Plant Type: Rhizomatous
- Origin: Europe, France
- Originator: Claude
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