Begonias ID please?
Is this a begonia plant? If so, what kind? Thank you very much.
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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Comments (2)Mrao, I have that begonia too and like you, I don't know the name. But I have to say, it has the most annoying habit of dropping it's lowest leaf as soon as a new leaf opens. I hate that because I only get about 3 leaves at a time. Perhaps I'm not doing something right, I don't know, but this is the only begonia that has behaved in this manner. Maybe it needs a good spanking....See MorePlease ID these 2 Begonias! (Post 2)
Comments (7)Thanks everyone for your answers! Donna, your advice on propagation I will try. The last time I propagated the one on the other post, I just used potting mix, and chopped the leaf into little bits. I will try your method next time. I am a bit worried about using the sandy soil up here, as I live in the tropics and just don't think I can keep it damp enough with the heat and humidity. I might try your method in succulent mix, and do another with potting mix just to see what works better in this climate. Also you are right, the second plant does grow by stem cuttings. Thank you for your advice! Tiffany, thank you for the link to the American Begonia website. I have never come across this website and I am finding it very interesting. Hc Mcdole, thank you for your ids in what you think they are, because I simply had no idea where to start. I will explore the names that you gave on the internet. Well, between the 2 posts I have a bit more knowledge. Many thanks to all for your input! You guys are just awesome!...See MorePlease i.d. my Cane Begonia
Comments (3)Thanks Laurie. I have had her positioned in a better lighted position since this picture was taken, but no signs of blooming yet. I noted you said you thought yours wasn’t blooming because of too much light? Is that typical? Am I correct to understand that they bloom quite easily and generally late summer or fall, or can they bloom at any time? I wonder because I have a beautiful Gryphon Begonia which I understand is related to the cane types, and it blooms when the daylength is quite short. Mine bloomed for me in February of this year ( indoors of course) after being outdoors until close to my first frost( late September here).1st pic blooming in February. 2nd pic as it appears outside recently. Just thought I’d share that, hope you don’t mind....See MorePlease id these Begonias for me!
Comments (31)Bernie, Your leaf of Maurice may root but I kind of doubt it will make a plant. I had a leaf of some superba type canes (Sophie or Lana or maybe Irene) that rooted but never produced a plant. There was a grant from the ABS many years ago to a college botany study to see if there was a secret to obtaining a plant from a cane leaf - never happened. I wonder if tissue culture would work but I seriously doubt that too. The odd thing is some Asian cane looking types can be propagated by leaf such as amphioxus and brevirimosa. Go figure. I have all my begonias indoors now and looking halfway decent. back corner of the big utility room with many canes. Valida is the leaf floppy shrubby begonia. Mr. Hunt is too tall to fit under this light Taconite is the big leaf and Shaun's Dream is the green curly leaf rex my aconitifolia is nearly six feet tall. The cane is Comte de Lesseps. Virginia Jens is a big honking begonia. Judy Cook is a big rex like begonia My own seed grown maculata hybrid Syngoniums and a cane called Hazel's Front Porch in this aluminum pan (been in the same pan for years) Here is the newest stem coming up in the pan....See MoreRockdale (RI Z6)
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4 years agoRockdale (RI Z6) thanked Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7Ahc mcdole
4 years agoBlooms are the icing on the cake. The leaves themselves are enough for me too!
They can take full sun but acclimate them over a two week period if you want to do that. The leaves will burn like Dave said.
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4 years agoRockdale, yes I am deep in the addiction, can you say OCD? As my late brother said about Coca-Cola, he isn't addicted to it, just loves it a lot and can't live without it. That was my excuse for begonia collecting.
I continue adding to the collection although I have slowed down some as the winter space is running out and I am getting older every year. It is a labor to move them out and in every year.
The ABS convention is in Sacramento in a few weeks - come join the madness.
Here is a big one that while plain green, the size and shape is worth it to me - 'Red Umbo'
B. platanifolia is a big leaf, tall thick stem.
The base of platanifolia shows it has caudex forming clumps. The stones are in there to discourage digging squirrels.
one of the new begonias on the scene and propagated/grown by our youngest club member is B. cleopatrae
some rex like begonias and a propagating tray using Jiffy pellets - I must pot these up to a proper pot one of these days.
don't forget the hardy begonia - B. grandis
a few begonias scattered about this willow oak.
backing up a tad or zooming out
No name but I couldn't pass it by years ago.
Sometimes I combine plants in the same pot.
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4 years agohc mcdole
4 years agoYes, propagate by a stem cutting. Make sure you have a node with a growing tip (some nodes are flowering nodes and won't be able to grow a new plant from what I've read).
Either water root or put the cutting in some good potting mix. Canes must be propagated by stem cuttings (not all such as some Asian species) as a leaf may root but never produce a plant.
Here is one I took pictures of back in Jan, 2017
Cut to the ground and new potting mix added to cover the stumps.
Cut again to more manageable pieces The middles can be used as well as the tops.
some of the middles (think I made two cups)
some of the tops. (made two cups of the tops as well)
The mother plant a year later (the one that was cut to the ground) The children are around somewhere but I don't photograph them very often.
Here was the children in October, 2017
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4 years agoI would say you can propagate almost any time of year (the above was in January) as long as you can provide light and warmth. My basement usually stays warm due to all the lights I run in winter so rarely have to use the central heat/AC.
Even the stem will produce a new plant as long as you have a growing tip located at a node.
these photos are all from 2017 - these are ready to put in a proper pot
even a pan will grow begonias (to a point)
the next picture is of the cut canes I started from cuttings back in Jan
the bigger the pot, the bigger plants you can grow but try to bring these indoors for winter?
At Longwood Gardens in their atrium (September)
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