#begonia maculata

[haruzan]

I saw this Polka Dot Begonia in Facebook and I knew I had to draw this

Also a bonus:

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[may-k-world]

ベゴニア・マクラータ🌱 2/3 → 3/2

[helluvatimes]

A Popular Ornamental Houseplant

Begonia maculata or Polka Dot Begonia blooming in the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

These were taken in a shady section of the conservatory with the exposure biased 1-1/3 stops darker.

[lostintheuniverseslies]

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[daftpatience]

little bit late but here we are!! sticker club for july! its plonts this time

[itsindyart]

Begonia Maculata

[corpsecoochie]

Here’s some bonus plant selfies 🥰

[cyanocoraxx]

variegated babies

[plantidoozy]

Begonia Maculata, aka Polka Dot Begonia, after and before.

I have a weird love/hate relationship with this plant.

On one hand, it was one of my earliest plants (bottom picture when I first got it about 2 years ago). As shown by the top two pictures (recent), it's a large, pretty beautiful plant.

It also grows like fuckin' crazy.

What's not pictured here is that I've had three different runs of cuttings from this fucking thing, all of which have grown into enormous monsters on their own. I've had to give two of them away lest my entire window is taken up by these goddamn begonias. I've given up and decided to just let this one grow however big it wants. Fine, you win.

The plant store near me says these are difficult to grow. Either I have absolutely perfect conditions to grow these things or they're lying.

Care below.

Begonia maculata are members of the Begoniaceae family. Like rexes, these are often kept indoors as houseplants (although I have a friend who keeps one outdoors in their garden). Much like rexes, they, too, are kept more for their foliage than their flowers.

Unlike rexes, these are fibrous-rooted. There's actually four different categories of begonias overall -- fibrous-rooted, rhizomatous, and tuberous. There's a lot of sub-categories in these categories (more information here). Rexes are rhizomatous, while a lot of the outdoor garden varieties are tuberous.

I assume caring for this plant is easy as shit based on my own experiences, but I guess your mileage may vary. You can slap them in your standard garden store soil easily. Watering, too, is pretty easy -- just water them when the soil is kinda dry or the pot is light. These guys aren't as dramatic as rexes, but they still prefer a bit more water. In terms of light, give 'em the ol' indirect sunlight. They prefer regular indoor home humidity (35-50%), and general temperatures around 70F/21C.

Propagating this plant is extremely easy. Cut in-between nodes (generally where leaves grow out of), put in a cup of water, and you're done. I usually leave 3-5 cuttings in there until their roots have essentially grown together to the mold of the cup, then just slap that baby in a pot.

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Begonia maculata

[peanutdream]

bro i just got a begonia cutting from my neighbor and its so fucking beautiful???

dude im in love...........

[stimkygribblegroblin]

recently repotted my begonia and i am just. so proud of this plant, and myself honestly

this is her, i'm 5'4 for scale :)

[floraaurora420]

My begonia babies doing their best ✨

[pixplyart]

An adorable set of house plant enamel pin designs I’ve designed. If you’re interested you can check them out on kickstarter here!

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[elminx]

My birthday begonia is starting to make flowers!!!! I am so very excited - I assumed that it might need to mature more first but apparently not!!!!