| Description | Begonia acetosa is a rhizomatous plant from Brazil. Has olive-green leaves with red undersides. Needs a bright warm window with some additional humidity for best results. |
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| Pronunciation | (beg-OWN-ee-uh)(a-SET-oh-suh) |
| Plant Type | Indoor Foliage, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc., Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | bright light, shade to partial shade |
| Moisture | slightly dry between watering |
| Growing Media | average house plant potting mix, well drained |
| Temperature | 45 to 95 degrees |
| Flowers | bisexual, having male and female flowers on the same cymose (inflorescence), white |
| Leaves | olive green on the top, red on the bottom, both surfaces covered with dense white hairs, petiole rusty red covered with short hairs |
| Stems | rhizome |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | rounded, medium-sized, size depends directly on where grown, up to 3 feet or around afoot |
| Propagation | very tiny dust like seeds, I have found rooting of rhizome or rhizome division is fairly easy, rooting media should be coarse |
| Native Site | Brazil |
| Misc Facts | First described in 1831 and first grown in the USA about 1941 by Mulford Foster |
| Author's Notes | When grown as a house plant will need: bright indirect light, warm and additional humidity |
| Notes & Reference | #117-Begonias (Mark Tebbitt) |
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