Begonia sutherlandii
A small tuberous begonia from eastern and southern Africa, with fleshy pink stems, red-veined toothed leaves and pendant sprays of orange flowers through summer. It hangs over damp, shady rocks and sometimes grows on trees along streams and forest margins. It grows in summer and dies back to its tuber for a cool, dry winter rest.
Where it grows wild
Damp, shady rock faces, stream banks and forest margins, hanging over rocks or growing on tree trunks, in the summer-rainfall region of eastern South Africa and the highlands of Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
GBIF records with elevations run from about 15 m in coastal KwaZulu-Natal to 1330 m; the Tanzanian southern-highland populations are likely higher, but few records carry elevations.
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