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Begonia crenata

A small monsoon Begonia from the Western Ghats of India, mostly Maharashtra. It grows on wet rocks and mossy tree trunks during the rains and dies back to a tuber in the long dry season. Growers need to copy that wet-summer, dry-winter cycle.

Begonia crenata
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Observers record it on rocks, rocky soil and tree trunks in wet monsoon forest and on scarps of the Sahyadri. It appears quickly after the monsoon breaks.

Recorded from about 150 m to 1500 m, mainly on the Ghats plateaus and escarpments. Few records carry an elevation.

India

🔒 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-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.