B. ‘Ripples’

Begonia 'Ripples' No. 818-Begonia 'Broken Hill' x 'Universe' 'Ripples' Rhizomatous. The 5" x 4” leaves yellowish green with chocolate spider web markings running across even the veins above and below-cup upward and are deeply 7-lobed with the lobes acuminate and the coarsely serrate to cusped, slightly wavy margin curling upward. The 7 palmate veins are prominent below. Petioles are pale red and slightly hairy; stipules pale green. Flowers are pink in cymes held on erect 8" peduncles in summer (in Australia); capsules are 3-winged. Originated in 1977 by Hazel Burley (address above); first bloomed in 1979; first distributed in 1978. Tested by Bernard Yorke and Mickey Meyer (as above). Registered March 27, 1980.
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• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Origin: Asia, Australia
• Originator: Hazel Burley
• Date of Origin: 1974