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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