HELP US FIND LOST HYBRIDS
To honor the hybridizers of the past, we want to find the following cultivars in order to propagate their cuttings, leaves, or stems. By doing this, ABS can then share these new ‘old’ plants with member’s collections.
BEFORE YOU SHIP – email: hybridpreservation@begonias.org
- Write the name of the cultivar and where it came from on a sealable sandwich bag using a waterproof marker.
- Place a paper napkin, with 4-6 crops of water in the bag.
- Pack each cutting (leaf or shoot) in the correctly named bag, seal the bag, and place the bag(s) in a shipping box.
- Mail to: Address as instructed by hybridpreservation@begonias.org email reply.
NOTE: A flexible shipping envelope increases risk of damage to the cuttings during shipping, so a rigid box or 2+ layers of bubble wrap will help to protect the plants.
Read: The Lost Hybrids of Irene Nuss
Read: The Lost Hybrids of Leslie Woodriff
The Lost Hybrids of Irene Nuss
| Name | Plant type | Origin |
| 1. B. ‘Bea Roberts’ | Cane-like | 1978 |
| 2. B. ‘Catherine N’ | Cane-like | 1997 |
| 3. B. ‘Chet Nave’ | Cane-like | 1973 |
| 4. B. ‘Claire Christensen’ | Cane-like | ? |
| 5. B. ‘Concerto’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 6. B. ‘Donna Marie’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 7. B. ‘Easter Parade’ | Cane-like | 1978 |
| 8. B. ‘Elsie Manahan’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 9. B. Flora Lei’ | Cane-like | ? |
| 10. B. ‘Glendora Champlin’ | Cane-like | ? |
| 11. B. ‘Goldie Frost’ | Cane-like | ? |
| 12. B. ‘Jackie Brookshire’ | Cane-like | 1989 |
| 13. B. ‘Jana Ross’ | Cane-like | ? |
| 14. B. ‘Katharine Alberti’ | Cane-like | 1978 |
| 15. B. ‘Laura Rokey’ | Cane-like | 1978 |
| 16. B. ‘Linda Nuss’ | Cane-like | 1978 |
| 17. B. ‘Marion Lindgren’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 18. B. ‘Minuet’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 19. B. ‘Pat McElderry’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 20. B. ‘Peaches’n Cream’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 21. B. ‘Pataloons’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 22. B. ‘Rain Dance’ | Cane-like | 2000 |
| 23. B. ‘Regis Way’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 24. B. ‘Rhapsody’ | Cane-like | 1978 |
| 25. B. ‘Snowflakes’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 26. B. ’Staccato’ | Cane-like | 1998 |
| 27. B. ‘Westchester’ | Cane-like | 1971 |
The Lost Hybrids of Leslie Woodriff
| Name | Plant type | Origin |
| B. ‘Alto de Serra’ Shrub like 1945 | Shrub like | 1945 |
| B. ‘Baby Rainbow’ B. | B. Rex-cultorum Group |
1940 |
| B. ‘Bokit’ | Rhizomatous | 1957 |
| B. ‘Brown Eyes’ | Rhizomatous | 1973 |
| B. ‘Carol Imp’ | Rhizomatous | 1948 |
| B. ‘Cathansiana’ | Rhizomatous | 1948 |
| B. ‘Cath-Imp’ | Rhizomatous | 1948 |
| B. ‘Double Cross’ | Rhizomatous | 1947 |
| B. ‘Fairy’ | Tuberbous | 1944 |
| B. ‘Fantasy’ | B. Rex-cultorum Group |
1941 |
| B. ‘It’ | B. Rex-cultorum Group |
1941 |
| B. ‘Ivy Ever’ | Scandent | 1947 |
| B. ‘Lulandii’ | Cane | 1935 |
| B. ‘Pink Fairy’ | Tuberbous | 1946 |
| B. ‘Silver Cascade’ | Scandent | 1977 |
| B. ‘Two Face’ | Scandent | 1978 |
| B. ‘Versi-Cath’ 7 | Rhizomatous | 1977 |
| B. ‘Silver Sweet’ | B. Rex-cultorum Group |
1947 |
