B. ‘Question Mark’

No. 373 - Begonia (B. hydrocotylifolia x B. 'Lenore Olivier') 'Question Mark' This very compact, cane-like cultivar was developed and first bloomed in 1967 and first distributed in 1971 by Belva N. Kusler, address above. Name published in 38:283, Dec. 1971. Leaves above are forest-green, below frosty spring green; ovate, oblique, base cordate, apex short-acuminate; 7½ x 4 in.; margin undulate, sparsely denticulate, ciliate; texture chartaceous, shining, glabrous; veins palmate, evident; petioles terete, pilose, 1¾"; stipules broadly triangular, marcescent. Everblooming, flowers rose-pink; 1½ x 11/4 in., compound dichasium. Registered Sept. 12, 1973.

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Cane-like
• Origin: America, USA
• Originator: Belva Nelson Kusler
• Date of Origin: 1973