Family: Begoniaceae
Scientific Name: Begonia echinosepala
Common Name: Begonia echinosepala
Description | A bushy Begonia with attractive leaves and white flowers. |
Pronunciation | (be-GON-yuh) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
Hardiness Zone | 10-11 |
Sunlight | part sun |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average |
Temperature | doesn't like cold temperatures |
Flowers | white dangling flowers |
Leaves | upper leaves dull satiny green, lower leaves bright green, shiny reddish maroon , obliquely lance-shaped, crenate to serrate |
Stems | canes stems, red dotted with bright green spots |
Dimensions | 24 inches by 24 inches, |
Propagation | seeds, cuttings |
Native Site | Brazil |
Misc Facts | Classified as a small leaf shrub type Begonia. |
Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), #117-Begonias (Mark Tebbitt), The American Begonia Society (www.begonia.org) |
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