I need your help. I'm wondering why not my new Luxurans is growing. New buds have come but they become dry and dropped. There are two leaves only remain. I love Luxurarians and bought two months ago that is one foot hight and I potted into a bigger pot, watering almost every other day. My apartment is directed to east and geting morning sun trough shade filtered windowpane. I live in zone #10 San Diego. I thought Luxurians is a parfect house plant for me. I'm now trying to spray water several times a day and more new buds come but they never grow. Please some advices. Thank you. Wizardhiro

Would like to trade nice sized Begonia Morocco for a similarly large division of begonia Caravan (or similar), or of a miniature (or two) that I don't already have. I have: Little Darling, Tiger Kitty, Red Planet. I have a picture of the actual division, but am not sure how to attach it. Thanks, Felicia

Hi Andrew. Just seeing this post. Did you ever find one of these? I don't have it myself but did see it on the Logee's site.

Assuming you are growing indoors, it will do fine on the EDGE of a light system, it will hold the color that way. Yes a pebble tray would hold humidity, but as an aid. It still needs to be grown under some kind of cover to hold enough humidity. I grew mine that way successfully in damp sphagnum moss which had been soaked in fertilizer, then squeezed unitl it felt only damp, and then used as potting medium for the plant. I still grow many humidity-sensitive plants that way. Depending on your light fixtures (and I am speaking of two40W flourescent bulbs), that should be plenty of light and don't put the plant directly UNDER that lighting but near the light. My plant grew well, bloomed, I crossed B. xanthina on it, had yellow flowers from that cross, and then lost the whole three. The story of my life. . .If the plant looks good right now ,I would get it established first NEAR the light and make sure the room heat is not hot, cool to warm conditions is what I think tropicals need; generally speaking there is no transpiration in begonias above 75 degrees F, I think it is always better to grow the terr. types cooler than warmer. If you can grow Rexes, I think the humidity loving species take about the same care. Anybody else on this subject is welcome to chime in and contribute comments here if they have different opinions.