Begonia 'Echo' No. 840-Begonia echinosepala x 'Odorata Alba' 'Echo' Cane-like trailer with 12" stems, small medium-green leaves, and fragrant pink flowers. The leaves are 3 ½” x 3", slightly serrate, satiny and smooth, with 6 main veins. Petioles and stipules are light green. The light pink, 1" x 1" flowers are similar to those of B. 'Tea Rose', but larger and deeper pink. Two-tepaled male and four-tepaled female flowers are carried in clusters on 8" petioles the year round. Originated in 1979 by Leslie Woodriff (address above); first bloomed in 1979; first distributed in 1979. Published in Thompson and Thompson, Begonias, 1981, pp. 215, 300. Registered June 27, 1982.
