Begonia sartorii
A thick-stemmed, upright begonia up to about 1.5 m tall from the cloud-forest edges and pine–oak country of southern Mexico and Guatemala, with glossy, lobed leaves and white flowers in winter to spring. It grows on banks and slopes in clay or limestone soil, from shaded mossy slopes to fairly sunny roadsides. Cool-intermediate conditions with a drier winter suit it better than a hot, constantly wet terrarium.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial, cane- or thick-stemmed herb on banks, slopes and path edges in cloud forest (bosque mesófilo), its ecotone with semi-evergreen forest, shaded coffee plantations, and pine–oak forest. Label notes range from steep mossy slopes under dense Quercus–Liquidambar canopy to sun-baked limestone roadsides.
Most specimens with elevations are from 1100–2000 m; GBIF records run from near sea level to about 2460 m, and a 4550 m value is an error.
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