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Begonias Partly documented

Begonia gehrtii

A south-east Brazilian Begonia described by Irmscher in 1959, partly from plants cultivated at the São Paulo Botanic Garden. Wild records come from Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná. One Paraná specimen was collected in forest at a stream margin at 1150 m. It is also grown in botanic gardens.

Begonia gehrtii
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Atlantic Forest; one Paraná specimen was collected in forest on a stream margin. Other habitat details are not recorded in the sources seen.

Records span 588–1699 m, with a median of 1684 m, although the median rests on only four records.

Brazil Southeast

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.