Begonia scharffiana

A shrub-like begonia from the Atlantic Forest of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, first found on Santa Catarina Island in 1888. It is grown for its white flowers, whose sepals carry red hairs at the base, and it blooms from midsummer into winter. It likes light shade, humid air and a subtropical climate with warm summers and cool winter nights.

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

It grows in the humid Atlantic Forest of coastal and inland Santa Catarina, in light shade under or at the edge of the forest canopy.

Recorded elevations are 203–850 m, median 460 m (17 records), from the coastal hills around Florianópolis to the slopes inland of Criciúma.

Brazil (Santa Catarina)

🔒 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.