Begonia fuchsioides

Fuchsia begonia

A shrubby, cane-like Andean begonia with small leaves and hanging red to pink flowers that look like a fuchsia's. It grows in Colombia, western Venezuela and Peru, at about 1,600–2,600 m in the Colombian records. It has naturalised in places such as Hawaii and Réunion. It is a cool-montane plant that likes mild days, cool nights, bright filtered light and moderate humidity, and it suffers in sustained heat.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets 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 is a small, bushy shrub, often around 60 cm tall, of Andean montane forest, forest edges and banks. Published habitat detail is thin. The records fall in the cloud-forest and upper-montane belt of the Colombian cordilleras.

The 15 records with an elevation span 1607–2560 m, median 2250 m.

ColombiaVenezuela (Amazonas, Mérida)Peru

🔒 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.