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Begonias Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Begonia parodiana

A begonia of the southern Andean foothills described by L.B. Smith and B.G. Schubert in 1941, recorded in Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija) and northern Argentina (Salta). The Argentine collection is from limestone ground in the hills of Río Itaú, Orán, in the seasonally dry Tucumano-Boliviano forest belt.

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
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Hill forest of the Andean foothills; the Salta collection grew on limestone ground at Cerros de Río Itaú. The region has a warm wet summer and a cool dry winter, when many begonias of the zone die back.

No elevations recorded; the Río Itaú hills lie at roughly 500-1500 m.

BoliviaArgentina Northwest

🔒 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.