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Begonia megaptera

Large-winged begonia

A rare eastern Himalayan begonia, named for the very large wing on its seed capsule. It grows in moist hill forest from Nepal through Sikkim, Bhutan and the Garo, Khasi and Naga hills to Myanmar. Published growing detail is scarce, so treat it as a cool-to-intermediate monsoon-forest begonia.

Begonia megaptera
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Moist montane forest in monsoon hill country. Specimen localities are mostly forested mountain slopes such as the Tura and Nokrek peaks in the Garo Hills, the Ilam hills of Nepal and Sikkim. Detailed microhabitat notes are lacking, but related Himalayan begonias grow on shaded, moist banks and rocks.

Dated records cluster around 1,200-2,130 m (for example 'Nokrek, 4,000 ft').

NepalSikkimBhutanNortheast India (Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland)BangladeshMyanmar

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.