Begonia longiciliata
A rhizomatous begonia from southern China, northern Vietnam and Laos with pink flowers, named for the long white hairs that often cover both leaf surfaces, though some plants are nearly hairless. It is popular with collectors. Treat it like other monsoon-forest rhizomatous begonias: warm, humid and shaded in summer, slightly cooler and drier in winter.
Where it grows wild
Shaded, moist forest floor, banks and rocks in the monsoon forests of the southern China–Indochina border region. Detailed habitat notes for this species were not found. Most related rhizomatous begonias of the region grow on damp shaded slopes, streamsides or limestone rock.
Few records carry an elevation, so this was not measured. Record sites in southern Yunnan and northern Vietnam suggest low to middle elevations, roughly 300–1200 m.
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