Begonias

[hongrui]

My latest sin - Begonias.

B. brevirimosa ssp exotica (i think) - this reminds of warpaint




noID 1


noID 2


noID 3 - my sister and girlfriend absolutely love the heart-shaped flowers


anybody else into Begonias?
;D

[isaacgoh]

I love begonias too, but it's hard to keep them in my small space and balcony.

Currently, only keeping the famous common german cross variety which is the lone drought survivor from my holiday breaks (CNY, vacation etc).

Our Malaysian/Borneo forest is full of wild begonias, Robert can attest to this.

I notice that begonias love the ADA soil because I did everything I can to keep them alive in the past but failed. Then one day, I experimented using used ADA soil from my fish tank. The plant thrived on it. Just my own observation.

Rgds,
Isaac

[hongrui]

thanks for the info Isaac, I'm currently growing them in sphagnum + perlite and so far so good.

[ameliepoulain]

i plant mine in normal compost + fine burnt earth with some added perlite.

what i know, they love humidity and grows like crazy if you ignore them & if the happen to grow someplace that they are not supposed to be at, like my aloevera pots!

[isaacgoh]

Apr 24, 2008 11:34:23 GMT 8 ameliepoulain said:

what i know, they love humidity and grows like crazy if you ignore them & if the happen to grow someplace that they are not supposed to be at, like my aloevera pots!

I totally agree with this! They will not do well if you shower them with attention (water them daily). Ignore them and they will surprise you.

[ameliepoulain]

This are mine, would really appreciate some help in IDing.

NOID 1


NOID 2


NOID 3


NOID 4


NOID 5 - possible Begonia rex 'Escargot'


NOID 6


NOID 7

[kk]

I also have some Begonia species,






Only this one I found in local, the small/seedling plants have white spots, will gone when get bigger,

[hongrui]

very nice begonias, Athene and KK.

Athene, your noID 1 looks fantastic! noID 5 might be Begonia rex 'Escargot' but i can't be sure.

KK, do you have any IDs for your Begonias? the second begonia you posted looks very similar to my noID 1.

[kk]

Hongrui,

The 1st photo is Begonia integrifolia, the 2nd same as yours, 3rd and 4th are sp from Sarawak.

[tarence]

i`ve got 2 types. lemme take pics & post when i can...probably on may 1st when its a public holiday. they are diff from the ones posted here. of late, i notice a lot of varities of begonias coming into the nurseries. even Ikea`s little patch of a nusery has some pretty exotic ones for sale.

[shawnintland]

Me too! No time for photos at the moment but I'll try when I get time. I just did a cross country (Thailand) drive on my way to kayak in the rain forest for a week and managed to stop at every nursery on the route. Was very surprised to see that as opposed to the past, every nursery had some neps (pretty much only N. mirabilis) and that there were numerous begonias. I've collected a few plantlets from the forest (some similar to kk's #1) for propagation but creating a similar humidity level to the rain forest is tough here on an island!
As usual, I love all the ones in Athene's pics! And Hongrui's "war paint" is outstanding...I've never seen anything close to that! Any idea where that one originates?

[hongrui]

B. brevirimosa ssp exotica aka "Warpaint" is found naturally in Papua New Guinea. my plant came from a friend who got it from US.

[shawnintland]

We're part of the 'wired world' global village it seems - plants from New Guinea to Singapore via Florida

Beautiful Begonia no mater where it's from, but inciting/inducing visions of war-painted N. Guinean warriors sounds like a great marketing plan to go with the perfect plant for the name!

Hey, have a look at this link - I've only looked at a few begonia photos here so far - will have to see what else is going on at this site;
www.plantworld.org/gallery2/main.php/v/Begoniaceae/Begonia+brevirimosa+ssp+exotica+4.jpg.html

ps I'm suddenly having a hard time getting pictures to post tonight - anybody else? Well - "I can not post pictures tonight" is more the truth of it! Doing everything exactaly the same as before but no go!

[alienfx]

Wah,you people got so many interesting begonias..The ones im having are the normal ones only..

[tarence]

here are mine...i think mine are old skool types.....

[hongrui]

Tarence, both your begonias are lovely! do you give them alot of light?

[tarence]

thx hongrui.....1st one gets about 2 hours pre-noon sun. The 2nd is just in brite light. i`m of the opinion that there are old skool begonias & new generation ones.

Newbies are like the ones Athene has...multi-colour , swirly leaves etc. Whereas mine are almost one-coloured leaf.

[atmccmn]

Ok....... Got a confession to make. I must admit it. I'm attracted to those colored multi patterned leaves...........Here are my latest indulgence

[shawnintland]

Yowzirrrr! Amazing plants ATMCCMN! I love 'em all, but that second to last has got to be my favorite, but it just barely edges out the spiral leaf second picture! Any info on them?
shawn

[ameliepoulain]

Andy,

WOW! those are gorgeous! hhmm... so near and yet sooo far

I think your 2nd last photo is the same my NOID 4, what you think?

any chance of a trade?