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Begonia ascotiensis

Begonia × ascotiensis is a horticultural hybrid named by J. B. Weber in 1874 in Revue Horticole, not a wild species. Its parentage is not given in the sources we could reach, and GBIF holds only old herbarium sheets without localities. Grow it as a typical fibrous-rooted garden begonia.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

It has no wild habitat because it arose in cultivation. Fibrous-rooted garden begonias come from parents that grow in warm, humid tropical forest understoreys and forest edges.

It has no wild elevation because it is a hybrid of garden origin.

🔒 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.