Begonia goegoensis
A rhizomatous begonia from Sumatra, grown since the 1880s for its round, puckered, bronze-green leaves with deep red undersides. It is a small plant of humid forest floors and wants warmth, shade and constantly humid air. Little is recorded about it in the wild, so the targets here follow what works for similar Sumatran forest begonias.
Where it grows wild
A low, creeping rhizomatous herb. Its wild habitat is poorly documented, but like other Sumatran rhizomatous begonias with bullate, red-backed leaves it is presumed to grow on the shaded, humid floor or banks of evergreen rainforest.
No wild elevation data is available. Sumatran forest begonias of this type mostly grow in lowland to lower montane forest.
🔒 Growing it like that
The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:
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