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Begonia pernambucensis

A northeastern Brazilian Begonia described by Brade and widely collected (146 wild records). It occurs from Pernambuco (Vale do Catimbau) to the Chapada Diamantina and Serra do Orobó in Bahia, mostly at 550–1300 m. Many records come from trails to waterfalls and forested slopes. The regional climate is warm and strongly seasonal, so it likely depends on moist, shaded microsites and tolerates drier air than most begonias.

Begonia pernambucensis
Photo: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Recorded along trails to waterfalls, in semideciduous seasonal forest at the base of mountains, and in the mountains of the Chapada Diamantina, Serra do Orobó and Vale do Catimbau. It probably favours shaded, seepage-fed rock and streamside pockets.

Recorded from near sea level to 1304 m, with a median of 797 m. The climate sites are at 649–1065 m.

Brazil Northeast

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.