Backyard Chronicles of James David: Begonia Erythrophylla Jungle Black
CHARACTERISTICS:
By look it appears to be like like a hybrid mixture of Beefsteak begonia with the Black Velvet Varieties related of a Begonia Breakdance variation. The added magnificence are the frills that seems like mini-escargots on the finish of every leaf construction.
In a means, in the event you capable of discover rigorously there are high quality whiskers like options across the foliage perimeter – one thing that seems in some Begonia Black Fang varieties.
Therefore – there could possibly be many combine parentage made to determine this secure combine hybrid.
Fact be informed – I am unable to actually discover the precise ID for this explicit begonia hybrid, one factor for positive – Im very constructive that this explicit one has it is origins from Asia particularly surrounding the Thailand – Malaysia borders.
GENERAL BEGONIA PLANT CARE:
Plant Care may be very related like most Rhizome Begonia Care & Cultivation Wants. This relies in numerous backyard or indoor circumstances – its all relying on getting the appropriate balanced circumstances.
Relying on the Begonia adaptation and its capability to deal with hardy circumstances – if the plant is stress it might drop all it is leaves earlier than regeneration – therefore extra care is required to make sure the appropriate steadiness of watering and humidity verse root and stem rot.
Medium:
Quick Draining – 1/3 Compost on the backside layered with coconut chips and sand in between the rhizome root-ball.
Watering
Water solely when the Medium is Dry
Feeding
Foliar Fertilizer – As soon as a Week with 1/2 Dilution Power.
(Relying on what works finest in your backyard circumstances – some gardeners use rooster/goat manure, espresso based mostly fertilizer, natural fertilizer – check out and see on a trial foundation to see what works finest in your backyard circumstances)
Mild
Place in Vivid, Oblique Mild – Shaded from direct sizzling solar areas – Ideally suited for Balcony Crops.
Do take be aware that this one actually hate an excessive amount of water – the leaves may additionally change colours, particularly turning pale inexperienced and the crimson and burgundy coloration light. Do take be aware that if this occurs – more than likely the plant lifespan is numbered and the ultimately leaf by leaf – they begin dropping and the rhizome dried up or rotting and it’s too late to protected the plant or rectify the issue.
Therefore – do be careful on the overwatering half – the medium too play an enormous half on this, particularly if it bought with cocopeat planted with it – its extra doubtless a dooms-day time clocking by the times for it to kaput. It’s a lot better to take the chance to replant it to a brand new medium and permit the plant to develop via shock and get well and protected the plant – protecting it long run for years to go by then seeing it disintegrate when the cocopeat dried up along with the root-ball.
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Right here is the hyperlink the place I had put collectively an inventory of all of the begonias that I had come throughout.
A database of all the different sorts & their traits.
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CHARACTERISTICS: By look it appears to be like like a hybrid mixture of Beefsteak begonia with the Black Velvet Varieties related of a Begonia Breakdance variation. The added magnificence are the frills that seems like mini-escargots on the finish of every leaf construction. In a means, in the event you…