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What type of begonia...

18 years ago

My begonia plant has a bushy base , beautiful leaves. The flowers only come up in the short bushy part and there are some stems growing taller than the rest of the plant. Sorry for the bad description, but can anyone identify the species? Its doing poorly and I don't know how to care for it! :-(

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smithjm
18 years ago
What color, shape and size are the leaves?
dazed77
Original Author
18 years ago
The plant is still young but the leaves are like a medium green in color, with a pinkish-brown edge. I am not sure how to describe the shape...it looks like the head of a clubs (as in clubs from the deck of cards)...Could this be a wax begonia? I have been looking it up...
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smithjm
18 years ago
I think it may be a wax begonia. Good luck with it!
mingtea
18 years ago
could it be Begonia 'Erythrophylla,' the "beefsteak" begonia?

-ming

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