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Begonia minor

Begonia minor, long grown as B. nitida, is a shrubby cane-like begonia from Jamaica and was the first begonia introduced to Britain, in 1777. It has glossy leaves and bears masses of pink flowers almost all year, reaching about a metre in gardens. It is an easy intermediate-temperature plant that wants bright indirect light and even moisture.

Begonia minor
Photo: scott.zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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

A shrubby begonia of Jamaican forests and forest edges. Habitat detail specific to this species was thin in the sources we could open; like other Caribbean shrubby begonias it is expected to grow in moist hill forest, on banks and in clearings in partial shade.

Elevation is not given in the sources we could open. Our measured data file had no usable wild GBIF records for this name, so no measured climate is available.

Jamaica

🔒 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.