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Begonia angolensis

Begonia angolensis is an Angolan begonia described by Irmscher in 1961 from Quela in Malanje, at about 1,200 m. A label records it on wet rock walls in almost sunless gorges on red laterite. It is a deep-shade rock plant that relies on a permanently moist gorge in an otherwise strongly seasonal savanna climate.

Begonia angolensis
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) , CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Deep shadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

It grows on wet rock faces in nearly sunless ravines on red lateritic rock ('an nassen Felswänden in fast sonnenlosen Schluchten auf rotem Laterit').

About 1,200 m at Quela, Malanje.

Angola

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.