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Begonia picta

Painted Leaf Begonia

Family BegoniaceaeGenus Begonia

Small pink flowers on a hanging stalk beside large, hairy, heart-shaped leaves with dark veins
FlowerAlix SanchisCC BY-SA 4.0
A hand-colored plate of pale pink four-petalled flowers with yellow centers above hairy lopsided leaves blotched dark red, a winged green fruit hanging below
IllustrationBentham-Moxon Trust.; Curtis, William; Curtis's botanical magazine dedications, 1827-1927 : portraits and biographical notes.; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.; Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust.Public domain

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
PinkFlora of China
Native range
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Tibet and elsewhereGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Flora of China — Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven and Hong Deyuan (eds.); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • The painted leaf begonia grows fairly high in the Himalayan foothills, on shady slopes and moist ledges, and needs high humidity and warmth in cultivation. Wikipedia: Begonia picta

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1.

0% germination.

Nothing germinated at 40.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Begonia p. 106Public domain
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Begonia (Begoniaceae). All three species studied were D-70. B. picta germ. 100% in the 3d w in either 700 or 70L and none in 40-70 showing that even 3 m at 40 was completely fatal.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Begonia p. 106. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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