BEGONIA MANICATA AUREA
MACULATA IS ONE OF THOSE BEGONIAS ONE SEES A LOT OF IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND NOT SO MUCH IN OTHERS. IT SEEMS TO DO ESPECIALLY WELL IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA WHERE THE AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY OFTEN HOLDS ITS ANNUAL MEETINGS. THE PLANT IS A A BIT OF A CHALLENGE IN FLORIDA, BUT WORTH EVERY EFFORT. A WELL GROWN SPECIMAN IS A KNOCK OUT AND WILL ATTRACT THE EYE FROM A GREAT DISTANCE. IN FLORIDA, CAREFUL WATERING AND GOOD AIR CIRCULATION ARE MUSTS. MY GREATEST SUCCESS WITH PROPAGATION HAS BEEN BY DIVISIONS. FOR ME, THESE CAN BE RATHER SLOW TO ESTABLISH, BUT, AGAIN, WORTH EVERY EFFORT AND THE WAIT.
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