Now Xuan, you know IDs are practically impossible. But they sure are pretty; I love that first plant, with three (!) different flowers. Korina

Very Nice!! Im partial to the multiple petal pinks . In the weeks to come I will be posting my plants propagated from leafs that are now starting to flower.

Thank you so much. The plants definitely got smaller after the lower leaves fell so I WILL go to a smaller pot because, like you said, even the previous one was slightly big, but they seemed to do OK. I just never understood how the roots would deal with that. I mean, my plant got smaller because the lower leaves fell, but the roots certainly didn't change, right? However, it appears the consensus is that the pot should be 1/3 of the diameter of the plant (so it's about how big the leaves are, not about the roots). As for blooming again, I read that some AV-s do take a break from blooming, particularly in the summer. I also read that a good plant blooms for 9 months and rests for 3. Maybe these two of mine went through their rest period over the summer. Who knows? I'll go back to doing everything by the book and we'll see what happens. Thank you again!

I really didn't think air circulation would be a problem because the plant is not crowded on that stand The whole pot by it's self is the environment Micro environment Your statement is true for the stand area but not as true for the inside of the container to the bottom row of leaves. Rest assured powdery mildew doesn't need a lot of room to develop and it can spread faster than a plant can breath the better air that your trying to give it. First thing I would do is loose the humidity trays move the plant to an area where PM wouldn't be able to effect other plants AKA Isolation. Next I'd also remove every effected leaf and toss them outside somewhere. After that I'd speak firmly to the plant and say YOU better start behaving. Explained below: Not sure if organic K-Neem is effective for AV's with PM already but would be helpful if used as a preventive measure of PM. Powdery Mildew if you haven't already read about it ... It develops mainly as a result of humidity chances that a plant cant adapt to as fast as the sudden high to low or low to high humidity changes occurring. A personal IMO for Begonia: I think it's better to try to grow the same plant a second time again. It could be better to try try again than over applying to much effort on that one single plant. Some of us have been there & done that. In return we learn more from our failures than our success.