秋海棠新品种‘香皇后’、‘厚角’、‘芳菲’和‘苁茎’

Begonia ‘Fragrant Queen’,‘Sillegona’,‘Luxuriant’ and ‘Bushy’

秋海棠新品种‘香皇后’(厚壁秋海棠×大香秋海棠)、‘厚角’(角果秋海棠×厚壁秋海棠)、‘芳菲’(厚壁秋海棠×厚叶秋海棠)、‘苁茎’(角果秋海棠×红毛香花秋海棠)均通过有性杂交从其后代群体中选择培育而成。这是国内首次培育出花具香味的秋海棠新品种。新品种株型好,是一类既可观叶又可观花的室内草本观赏花卉。

Four new Begonia varieties were all selected from F1 hybrids. The new varieties are named Begonia‘ Fragrant Queen＇ （ B. silletensis × B. handelii ） , B. ‘Sillegona＇ （ B. tetragona × B. silletensis ） , B.‘ Luxuriant＇ （B. silletensis × B. dryadis）, B. ‘ Bushy＇ （B. tetragona × B. handelii var. rubropilosa）. The new varieties all have fragrant flowers and are suitable indoor plants both for foliage and flower ornamental purposes.