#Spotted Begonia Maculata

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"THE POLKA DOT PLANT CAN BE CULTIVATED AS AN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PLANT UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on shots of popular indoor houseplant Begonia maculata (maculata meaning "spotted"), a.k.a., the polka dot begonia, a species of begonia native to southeast Brazil.

PLANT OVERVIEW: "Begonia Maculata is a rare and exotic begonia plant variety. It is Popularly known as the “polka dot plant” as a result of the polka dot pattern on its leaves.

The begonia Maculata leaves grow in the shape of angel wings. They have beautiful foliage that comes in olive green with silver spots on their surface and a beautiful crimson reddish underside. Their leaves grow on a bamboo-like stem and can grow up to 20cm in length. The begonia maculata plant can reach a stunning height of over one meter if provided with a trellis to climb on.

Begonia maculata's origin can be traced back to the tropical rainforest of southeast Brazil. As with all plants with origin from tropical rainforests, they require a humid, warm, and well-lit environment to thrive. 

The polka dot plant can be cultivated as an indoor and outdoor plant under the right conditions. These conditions include access to bright and indirect sunlight, a warm and humid environment, and moist soil."

-- HOUSEPLANT CENTRAL, "The Beauty of Begonia Maculata: The Polka Dot Begonia," by Marijke Puts, April 27, 2023

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/273453008613063086, www.pinterest.com/pin/8444318038241309, Houseplant Central, Wikipedia, various, etc...

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The Silver Spotted Begonia

Begonia maculata var. Wrightii is a Begonia species reigning from southeastern Brasil. The Begonia maculata species has a wide range of spottiness and leaf shape, but the variety "Wrightii" has the largest and most spots. This Begonia rose to fame around 2020 due to its gorgeous silver spotting and red-backed leaves. Evolutionarily, the red-backed leaves help to reflect light to the green side of the leaf that's full of chlorophyll, which is especially important in low-light environments such as the one that this Begonia comes from. The spotting is created by air pockets that reflect light. The evolutionary purpose of the spots is not understood. It is supposed to be difficult to care for, but I have found it quite easy to grow. I give it bright light and water about once a week. It tends to grow quite tall, so it benefits from staking. It would also benefit from a little extra humidity.

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Indoor Gardening Delight: Cultivating Begonia Maculata in Your Singapore Home

In the bustling city-state of Singapore, where green spaces may be limited, the joy of cultivating an indoor garden has become a popular trend. Among the many exquisite plants that thrive in indoor environments, the Begonia Maculata stands out with its stunning foliage and easy-care requirements. Today, let's explore the art of growing this botanical beauty in the comfort of your home, brought to you by The Green Corner – your go-to destination for all things green in Singapore.

The Begonia Maculata, also known as the Polka Dot Begonia, is cherished for its distinctively marked leaves adorned with silver spots. Its unique appearance and low-maintenance nature make it an ideal choice for indoor gardening enthusiasts. To embark on this delightful journey, start by selecting a bright yet indirect light spot within your home. The Green Corner recommends placing your Begonia Maculata near a window with filtered sunlight, as direct sunlight can scorch its delicate leaves.

When it comes to soil, opt for a well-draining mix to prevent waterlogging, which can be detrimental to the plant's health. The Green Corner offers a specially curated soil blend that caters to the specific needs of Begonia Maculata, ensuring optimal growth and vibrant foliage.

Maintaining the right humidity levels is crucial for the well-being of your Begonia Maculata. Singapore's tropical climate might be a blessing, but air conditioning can reduce humidity indoors. Combat this by misting the plant regularly or placing a tray of water near the plant to enhance moisture in the air.

Regular watering is essential, but it's vital to strike the right balance. The Green Corner recommends allowing the top inch of the soil to dry out before watering again. Overwatering can lead to root rot, while underwatering may result in dry, stressed leaves. Finding this balance is key to a thriving Begonia Maculata.

Enhance the aesthetic appeal of your indoor garden by choosing stylish pots and planters from The Green Corner's collection. With a range of designs and sizes, you can elevate the visual allure of your Begonia Maculata while complementing your home decor.

In conclusion, cultivating Begonia Maculata in your Singapore home is a rewarding experience that brings a touch of nature indoors. The Green Corner is your trusted partner in this journey, offering premium products and expert advice to ensure your indoor garden flourishes. Transform your living space into a green haven and embrace the beauty of indoor gardening with The Green Corner today.

Blog Source. https://thegreencorner.com.sg/cultivating-begonia-maculata-in-your-singapore-home/

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Commonly known as the "Polka Dot Begonia" or "Angel Wing Begonia," its angelic leaves feature silver-white dots that contrast beautifully against the deep green backdrop.

Caring for this botanical beauty is a rewarding journey. Place it in bright, indirect light to let those leaves shine, and water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry before watering again.

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6 x 110cm Artificial Hanging Trailing Begonia Maculata Spotted Plant

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saw a begonia for sale but it was 20 bucks :/

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Guest Presenter Tammy Huynh shows us how to make mini greenhouses for growing seeds and cuttings. Subscribe 🔔 http://ab.co/GA-subscribe

Greenhouses are so useful for growing warm climate plants as temperature, exposure, and light can all be controlled and when plants transpire the water droplets are released into the air forming a humid microclimate. They should also have sufficient ventilation to allow fresh air to circulate around the plants which helps them grow.

Whilst a lot of gardeners dream of having a walk-in greenhouse, Tammy shows us how to take the basic principles and create three mini versions you can make at home from everyday containers.

Germinating Seeds:

Plastic containers such as berry punnets are perfect for turning into a mini greenhouse as they have the right balance of shelter to build up warmth and humidity, and holes for ventilation. They are great for growing micro herbs or starting off plants like tomatoes, pumpkins and basil that prefer warmth to germinate.

To turn a plastic container into a mini greenhouse:

1. Wash and sterilise containers before use, to avoid contamination from the food that was in there previously.

2. If there are no holes, add a few to the top and bottom for ventilation and drainage. “Getting the air in and circulating will discourage any mould from growing in the moist conditions”.

3. Fill the base with a light, friable seed raising mix. “We don’t want to fill them up the whole way because we want room for the seeds to grow.”

4. Sprinkle the seeds over the soil.

5. Keep the soil moist using a spray bottle.

6. Place in a brightly lit spot out of direct sun.

7. If there are plenty of ventilation holes, you can keep the lid shut until the sprouts are reaching the roof.

8. If you’re growing plants that will be transplanted into the garden, open the lid once they have sprouted to get them ready for the harsher world outside. They are ready to transplant when they have their true leaves.

Propagation from cuttings:

For larger plants and cuttings, a plastic storage box with a lid makes the perfect greenhouse. Drill some holes around top on each side or leave the lid ajar to ensure adequate ventilation. An even easier option? Simply cut a clean plastic bottle in half and pop it over a small pot with an individual cutting! The top end has built in ventilation or poke a few holes in the bottom end.

Take your cuttings:

Angel-wing Begonias

1. Take a 10-15cm cutting with clean secateurs, cutting underneath a node which is where new roots will form.

2. Remove any flowers so the plant can put energy into growing new roots and shoots.

3. Cut large leaves in half to reduce water loss.

Watermelon Peperomia is a great one to try too - “Just from one leaf you can actually get two cuttings!”

1. Cut a leaf stalk at the base of the plant

2. Cut the stalk at the base of the leaf and discard

3. Cut the leaf in half keeping the stem end intact.

4. Both parts can be planted, cut end down.

Potting up:

1. Partly fill a small pot with a 50/50 mix of perlite and premium potting mix.

2. Suspend the cutting in the pot so that when you backfill, it doesn’t damage the cutting.

3. Lightly tamp down the mix on top and water in.

4. Pop into your greenhouse box or place a bottle half on top and watch it grow!

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Begonia maculata This popular tropical features upright canes, draped with drooping, lance-shaped foliage. Each leaf is green on the front and red on the back. Its green side is decorated with contrasting silver spots. Also gives clusters of white to pink blooms in summer. Native to Brazil. Bright light. Water when 70 to 80 per cent dry. Likes warmth and humidity. Grown indoors during winter. by kims_nature

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A HOUSE PLANT FOR THE HARDCORE HOUSE PLANT ENTHUSIAST.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the Spotted Begonia maculata "Wightii" house plant.

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Why will I love it?

"The striking leaves are asymmetrical, shaped like angel wings, and olive-green in colour with silver, splatter-like dots and a dark-red underside for added drama. It is one for the more experienced plant parent as it can be a headache to look after."

Light or shade?

"Bright and indirect: lots of this promotes flowering and growth, but it shouldn’t be in strong direct sun."

Where shall I put it?

"A warm kitchen or bathroom is perfect. An east- or west-facing windowsill that gets morning or evening light works well; move it to a southern windowsill for winter. I have one by a frosted west-facing windowsill and it is so happy – it has bloomed."

How do I keep it alive?

"Keep the soil well aerated and generally moist; allow only the top 1cm to dry out. They are very fussy about humidity, so need daily misting or a humidifier, and keep temperatures high (18C-30C)."

Did you know?

"The begonia is named after French plant collector Michel Bégon (1638–1710), who was governor of Santo Domingo (the Dominican Republic), where the plant was “discovered” in the 1600s."

-- THE GUARDIAN, "Houseplant of the week: Begonia maculata "Wightii,"" by Gynelle Leon, c. October 2021

[In our new column, the founder of cult plant shop Prick chooses a dramatic but demanding beauty. Probably not one for newbies.]

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/287386019959160733 (both found on Pinterest).

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How to Plant Begonias and What are Their Cares to Enjoy These Beautiful Flowers

Begonias are a variety of in excess of 1500 species, huge numbers of which are utilized in cultivating. These plants emerge for being anything but difficult to develop and for their blossoms that have a particular, excellent and wide scope of hues. Continue perusing and figure out how to plant begonias .

The begonias are local to the tropical districts of Asia, Africa and South America. Being a shade plant with various hues, begonias are picked by numerous creators to be a piece of inside improvement. Notwithstanding being one of the plants favored by the overall population, because of its simple support.

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Despite the fact that the procedure of how to plant begonias is simple, because of its natural properties, it is important to pursue a suitable guide and be mindful to atmosphere changes. This is because of the way that among the attributes of the begonias, they emerge that they prosper toward the start of each mid year and close their cycle amid the principal ices.

Sorts of begonias Of the in excess of 1,500 types of begonias, around 150 assortments are utilized in cultivating. Contingent upon the kind of root, the accompanying 3 classes can be recognized: rhizomatous, tuberous and fasciculate.

Rizomatous begonias Among the most perceived examples of rhizomatous begonias we can make reference to; Begonias Rex, Imperialis, Hispidas, Masonianas and Crispulas. They are described by having an underground stem that goes about as a save organ.

These assortments have between their necessities, or na than 15 ° C normal temperature . Its best execution happens under aberrant light and ought to be watered just if the surface layer of the earth is dry.

Tuberous begonias The types of tuberous Begonias, top choices of the open are the evasianas, socotranas, clarkei, elatior (Begonia de la paz), tuberhybrida and pearcei. Its root is a tuber, indistinguishable to a potato. These amid the high temperatures lose their leaves yet returned to grow amid the harvest time.

Amid the mid year, the tubers must be expelled to have it in a spot with a moderate temperature and dry atmosphere. At that point you can re-plant it, when the late spring is finished. Tuberous begonias need a great deal of light amid the winter, however they ought to never be presented to coordinate daylight.

Something to remember about how to plant tuberous begonias, is that they need a temperature of roughly 13 ° C, requiring 5 ° more to start to sprout. No matter what, these assortments ought to be set in a situation with astounding air circulation, to keep growths from assaulting your plant. The recurrence of watering ought to be essentially decreased amid the winter.

Fasciculated begonias They are called fasciculate begonias on the grounds that their auxiliary roots develop at a similar rate as their primary roots. The most recognized inside this kind are the semperflorens (sugar blossom), metallicas, maculatas, limmingheianas, incanas, high scharff, fuchsioides and venosa.

Just the semperflorens, progressively known as sugar blossom, come to withstand an immediate presentation to the sun, amid any season. The remainder of the assortments ought to be kept in great light and should just be presented to the immediate sun amid harvest time and winter. This will keep up a fair temperature, which ought to be higher than 10 ° C.

It is prescribed to water them once per week in winter, while in summer a decent mugginess must be kept up. These begonias additionally need a steady wind stream.

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While I'm at it, let me introduce all the children. From right to left (that's the order I named them in) we have Quýnh, Pepper, and Devon.

I got Quýnh and Devon at a Target earlier this year as birthday gifts to myself. It was my first time seeing plants at Target. Actually, some of the Target employees were also surprised when I pulled up with a cart full of plants, lol. Pepper I recently found at a Kroger, half convinced the spots were fake. I know some plants have spots, but in Kroger? Suspicious.

Quýnh is a Begonia Rex Red Bull variety...I think. She wasn't actually on the Wild Interiors website, so I was just calling her Signature Foliage. Devon was on the site, and he's a Peperomia Baby Rubber Plant. His name, was Foliage.

Pepper is another Begonia...something, Maculata? At this point, I realized I had a problem with begonias. But it was too late. Plus, she's a perfect mix of Quýnh's red and Devon's green, with her own silver spots thrown in Fanciness.

They all need to be repotted. Quýnh's got mushrooms in her soil when it goes dry, and Devon's soil looks moist all the time? Even when I haven't watered him? (Plus he's so tall he's about to fall over!) Not sure what that's about, but it might be sap or something (I saw some drops on his leaves, and when I touched them, they were kinda solid.) Pepper is just outgrowing her pot, full stop. She started sprouting new leaves as soon as I got her, so they're all about to have an overhaul.

Thanks for listening to me ramble! ((Maybe one day I'll talk about my sword Daphne...))

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Begonia update pt. Most of these got a bit of trim, as they had some older leaves that were either damaged or immature and different color The first is "West Texas Blizzard" from Steve's Leaves which I think has actually been renamed "Starry Night" or something. I was disappointed when I first got it because the immature leaves were more rounded with a olive colored edge and it was sold as "true black" BUT in the two or three months I've had it, it has grown some jagged, very black leaves with more on the way so I pruned off the greener ones. Then there's "Fireworks" which has been growing so dark for some reason. Some Fireworks came into work that are almost entirely green/silver with a small purple edge and my Fireworks somehow has lost more and more of the silver on its new leaves so now the freshest ones are consistently very purple with silver spotting. Then my newest which I don't know the name of but I believe is probably just the basic "Escargot". You can see it has different parentage than my other rex's because there is so much pink fuzz. Then Begonia masoniana or Iron Cross which I thought was a cultivar at first because it was very pale but the new leaves have come out with dark, vivid markings. Really REALLY love his texture... spikey. Rough. Then lastly is my Begonia maculata wightii that I bought from Logees in May. There was a bit there where I was worried it wouldn't adjust to my house and I've heard B. maculata can be more fuss than others sometimes but it just needed a bit of time to be a drama queen. Now it has a LOT of new growth and will probably fill out to the extent it will soon need a bigger pot and more stakes. The bit that fell off him during shipping has also successfully rooted and is growing well. Not sure why so many people claim this is such a difficult begonia.

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Begonia Maculata (Polka Dot Begonia): Growth, Care and Propagation

Begonia Maculata (Polka Dot Begonia): Growth, Care and Propagation

Begonias are among the most versatile flowering plants available to home gardeners. They are sturdy, colorful, and easy to grow in both bright sun and shade. With its spotted leaves with red undersides, Begonia maculata is a popular ornamental plant. The leaves are said to look like angel wings, and these plants are very unique and eye-catching. They are commonly referred to as the Polk Dot…

[infinite-harmoony]

My sister in law got me this Spotted Begonia Maculata for £1 as it was shrivelled, sad and dying and knew i'd love to save it. Look how happy she is now! 😍

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Looking at this begonia maculata gives us instant joy with its gorgeous silver spotty leaves, deep velvet red colour on the back of the leave - it lives in a bright airy spot with filtered light and flowers constantly over spring summer and autumn! Like constantly 🌸 gorgeous light pink flowers all the time 🌸 Begonia care is quite easy as long as u have it in the right spot they will explode with growth - most of the this plant grew in only 6 months xx We have a few available coming thru and they get snapped up so quickly - we wanted to share this joyful moment with u and encourage u to grow ur beauty (not this one she is mine hehe) . Just don't get water on the leaves and enjoy the spectacular show of this #begoniamaculata . . . . . . . . . #popwilder #plantdesigner #plantstylist #nature #plantgoals #plantlife #plantsmakepeoplehappy #landscapearchitecture #style #home #beautiful #madeinmelbourne #interiordesign #botanicalpickmeup #interiorrewilding #urbanbotany #urbanjungle #botanical #foliage #greeninterior #shoplocal #plantmagic #stkilda (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWNMZzDcwL/?igshid=m68vcngcseph