B. blancii ‘Siaw’s Pet Chimera’
Selected by Siaw Yu-Zhang from Singapore. Applied for on April 19, 2024 and approved on September 29, 2024.
This variegated lithophytic creeping cultivar was selected out in 2022. It's ca. 15 cm tall and ca. 25 cm wide when mature. The yellowish-green stipules are ca. 15 × 12 mm and the deep maroon petiole is ca. 4 cm long with dense long white hairs. The glabrous and ob-triangular spathulate leaf blade is ca. 8 × 5 cm with an entire and slightly wavy margin, a broad and truncate apex. The upper leaf surface is dark green with variegation in streaks of pink, cream, and orange. The white to pale pink 4-tepaled flowers are few on a ca. 12 cm long deep maroon peduncle. They are produced all year-around, if given the right conditions.
- Classification: Cultivar
- Plant Type: Rhizomatous
- Botanical Section: Baryandra
- Origin: Asia, Singapore
- Originator: Siaw Yu-Zhang
- Date of Origin: 2022
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