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Begonia convolvulacea

A scrambling to climbing begonia from the Atlantic Forest of south and south-east Brazil, with white flowers and yellow stamens. Labels also record it as a creeping herb, a rock-dweller and an epiphyte on tree ferns. It is a vigorous plant of shaded forest interiors and edges, and it is naturalised in Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

Begonia convolvulacea
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Brazilian specimen labels describe a scandent or climbing herb in the forest interior, often near watercourses. It also grows as a ground herb, on rocks, and as an epiphyte or hemiepiphyte on tree ferns (Cyathea). It is shade-loving but also found at forest-fragment edges.

Recorded from 16–1300 m, with a median of 448 m (167 records).

Brazil

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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 CC0 licence, unmodified.