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On Aug 7, 2008, begoniacrazii from Northern California, CA (Zone 9a) wrote:
Rhizomatous species Begonia rex (Putzey's). This is the 'original' rex begonia discovered by chance as a hitch-hiker in a Wardian Case in the mid 1800's. It is this begonia that gave rise to today's modern B. rex-cultorum hybrids. Easier to grow than the hybrids, this species can tolerate temperatures into the mid 40's.
On Jun 2, 2007, Hyblaean from Niles, IL (Zone 5b) wrote:
I love these plants! Have only ever grown them as houseplants, but the two I have now are a good 6 years old, at least. They've survived my lack of skills, a move, and 2 cats.
This article is from 2002, but it has good growing info in it:
[HYPERLINK@hort.ufl.edu]
and this one shows many leaves and their names:
[HYPERLINK@www.lyndonlyon.com]
i love my rexes, and if i had to give up most of my plants, they would be the very last to go. i stumbled upon my first one, the Iron Cross, at a grocery store of all places. from there my obsession just sort of exploded. (the ones in the picture are divisions rooted from the mother plant) eventually, lets say after a few years, rexes do need to be divided and repotted because of aging leaves and rhizomes. and another tip-when they flower-or when they want to, pinch off the buds. it will ensure that the plant is not spending its energy on flowering, and will instead make its leaves more colorful.
in general,
i find them very easy to take care of. any problems i have with them are when i give them too much water, which happens every now and then.
On Jul 29, 2002, Dinu from Mysore
() (Zone 10a) wrote:
"Complete Gardening in India", by Gopalswamiengar lists this plant as Begonia "Cleopatra".
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Clayton, California Maitland, Florida Pompano Beach, Florida Rockledge, Florida Venice, Florida Niles, Illinois Bossier City, Louisiana Las Vegas, Nevada San Antonio, Texas (2 reports)
One vendor has this plant for sale.
