Begonia aridicaulis

Begonia aridicaulis is a small begonia from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico, described by Ziesenhenne in 1952. The type came from the banks of a stream in a high coffee plantation at La Soledad, at about 1500 m, and it has also been collected in pine-oak forest nearby. It has been grown by begonia societies, and plants have been cultivated from Mexican collections. It expects mild temperatures and a pronounced winter dry season.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

The collections are from a stream bank in a shaded coffee finca at about 1524 m, and from conifer forest with Quercus north of La Soledad on the Miahuatlán road.

It was collected at about 1524 m at La Soledad. The measured climate uses a generic south-west Mexico point at 2364 m.

Mexico Southwest

🔒 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.