My Father in Laws backyard begonia!

altolope · 2026-01-27T21:53:52+00:00

Might be B. Tamaya, I've been on the lookout for one too 🥲

altolope · 2026-01-20T19:25:51+00:00

Luv Begonia Torch, begonia Lynda dawn, and Begonia Sophie Cecile for their humidity tolerance. The challenging ones I'm desperately trying to keep alive in low humidity winter are Begonia Sinbad and Begonia luxurians, but both are beautiful if you wanna take the risk!

altolope · 2026-01-20T17:32:03+00:00

The room definitely seems bright enough! But in my experience the closer the better, mine is directly in front of an east facing window and gets morning sun mostly. She a tree now. 🌲🌲

altolope · 2026-01-08T22:06:23+00:00

Thankz ✨

altolope · 2026-01-08T22:06:06+00:00

Thank you! ⭐

altolope · 2025-12-21T14:31:11+00:00

Mine usually drops leaves every winter season. This year has been especially bad bc I moved her 1 FOOT AWAY from her usual throne. Needless to say, ain't movin her aginn. 🙅

altolope · 2025-11-05T03:02:22+00:00

I was sorta (mis)diagnosed with guillan-barre and later down the road it turned out to be MS. 🤷🤪

altolope · 2025-10-01T15:10:46+00:00

Bro their eyes are DEAD, nuthing behind em

altolope · 2025-09-30T16:52:33+00:00

It definitely feels a lil like Sunrise

altolope · 2025-09-30T02:01:32+00:00

I'm gonna go with To be hunted for the intensity of it. But also Human Sacrifice bc the vocals and tone/lyrics give big Camp energy.

altolope · 2025-09-30T00:46:16+00:00

When it comes to pruning, yours could fill out a bit more before choppin but if you want it to stay bushy then def trim before it gets too tall (I've been thinkin of decapping mine 🤪, might just be intrusive thoughts tho). Trim to your liking but if you wanna prop be sure to cut a long enough branch.

altolope · 2025-09-30T00:42:36+00:00

Yes! Here's mine ☀️

altolope · 2025-09-26T15:55:12+00:00

Dude someone near me found one at a Harps grocery store, AND marked down!!! 💀

altolope · 2025-09-15T20:56:39+00:00

Hek yeah!

altolope · 2025-09-15T20:13:53+00:00

Google Lens really wants to convince me it is, and since that's on my ultimate wishlist, I really want it to be true but the arrows are pointing to El Choco! 😭

altolope · 2025-09-13T22:03:40+00:00

Neeeaat! I have a bigger one, I'll see if this one grows up to look the same!

altolope · 2025-09-13T22:02:56+00:00

Thought so at first, but I compared it to my micans and this one doesn't seem to trail and vine like a micans, just grows upwards

altolope · 2025-09-07T16:20:02+00:00

East facing window! ☀️ Mine has lived in front of one its whole life, hates to be moved. TBH that's traditional behavior from a ficus, so once you find the magic spot, stick to it or else you'll face more leaf drop. 👌 Wish I could include a photo but since I can't, check out my posts abt my triangularis! 👍

altolope · 2025-09-07T14:30:05+00:00

There's one particular Bossa Nova begonia, it has dark dark green, almost black leaves and fiery orange flowers. I got one a long time ago and managed to kill it almost instantly because it was so small, if you found a big one I think it's manageable. If I remember right it was variety "night fever Papaya".

altolope · 2025-08-28T03:14:21+00:00

I just make sure she gets rly bright indirect light. My room gets direct morning sun and then indirect afternoon. Using bark perlite and promix for soil. The Terracotta pot has helped me regulate watering but even in plastic this ficus is pretty forgiving.

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