r/begonias

Here are some photos of the begonias I’m growing! There are a few older photos mixed in, but I really wanted to share them with you all. 🌱

This is a Monrovia planter I picked up from Lowe’s Home Improvement. The info card just says “Begonia spp.” 😒

Was feeling a bit cheeky 🤭 and stopped at my local Squires garden centre and bought a couple of Rex begonias… and some terrariums 😭✨ Absolute love them!

Now I know begonias aren’t really “full terrarium plants,” but I just couldn’t resist. I’m not even that into begonias normally — I’ve only got one in my collection (the maculata* 👀) — but once I saw these little beauties I literally couldn’t pass up the opportunity for my experiment 🌿💚

I’ve been really into terrariums lately but never actually had the chance to properly make one, so my impulses definitely got the best of me… and I splurged 😅💸 (side note: why are big empty glass containers SO expensive?? Who knew?!)

But honestly, I loved it. Getting my hands dirty and creating a little world of my own felt so satisfying 🪴✨ I even added some Smiskis in for decor so at night they glow and just sit there looking cute as anything 🥹🌙

My maintenance plan for now is basically:
• wiping off excess condensation 💧
• airing out the cork terrariums every now and then 🌬️

But I just love them already!!

I even popped in a few corms and my dormant anthurium (no clue what type tbh 😭). Two of the corms did go mouldy 😬 but honestly I’m not too bothered — I’ve moved on from my alocasia madness anyway, it was more of an experiment than anything.

And the BEST bit — my dormant anthurium/corm thingy has gone all green!! 💚 so I know she’s coming back to life, which is so exciting!!

I chose begonias mainly because I find just moss + fittonias a bit boring (sorry 😭 unpopular opinion I know). I just don’t find fittonias cute at all 🫣 BUT a fern… now THAT I could get behind 🌿✨ I just didn’t manage to find any at my garden centre this time.

Anyway!! Please enjoy the mental plant chaos and feel free to drop any tips, advice, or other plant ideas I could use in a terrarium 🥰🪴💫

I posted here nearly a year ago in a panic over a 16 year old begonia that I had been given after my best friend passed away. The begonia was in rough shape and I was panicking trying to save it.

I got a lot of really great advice from all of you, and thanks to you all, this is where we are one year later!

I had a lot of cuttings not survive, and a couple that only died after being transplanted, but eventually I got some cuttings to take. And while doing so, the mama plant, which I had left for dead, sprouted new leaves and is currently thriving! The tallest part of the plant is the mother plant's regrowth.

I kept one recent cutting that is growing like a weed. You can see it in the green pot in the last picture. It's less of a cutting at this point and more like a tree. I'm trying to figure out what to do with it, since I want to hold onto this one! It's nice that a year later my problem is I have more healthy begonias than I can handle.

I just want to thank this community so much for helping me save this plant. It means so much to me, and I'm really appreciative of all the time complete strangers put in to helping me and my plants!

Hiya, I bought a masoniana begonia from a plant shop about 3 months ago and I'm struggling to keep it alive.

I was told it'd do good in a bathroom, likes warm and humid, feed during the summer months etc. But it's lost over half its leaves, gone crispy, and just looks in worse shape day after day.

I potted it up a month ago into a coir/perlite/castings mix and probably went a bit bigger for the pot than I should've.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of saving this beauty? It's on a south facing bathroom window ledge, but I do tend to put uv blocking window film up during the summer months (haven't yet).

I make a point of keeping the bathroom humid for about an hour in the morning after showers to try and give it some moisture but I'm at a loss at your to increase the humidity without moulding up the bathroom.

Any advice would be so appreciated, thank you! ❤️

A month or two ago I found this beauty in the supermarket with a huge discount, and in very poor condition. It was small and almost dying from lack of water. In my home I have an aquarium in a very well lit place, that could benefit from the extra shade and filtration. So I decided to find out if these plants could be grown this way. Spoiler: they can! Leafs and roots started growing and even a flower started blooming. It looks beautiful in the aquarium and I think I will leave it there for a while.

Now a question: could you help me identify what kind of begonia this is?

Yikes, this lil guy has been fine and I just check him today and a few leaves are looking rough! Is this mold or too intense light?

Photos of 3 begonias - one for each plant and then an up close one to see their substrates.

I got these beautiful begonias at plant con Houston about a month ago and I’m curious about yalls advice for them bc they are all in substrates that I haven’t used for begonias before (I have one begonia maculata potted in chunky mix that is a happy grower)

Worth nothing - all of these live under a T5 grow light next to a humidifier.

I’m fairly new to begonia (but not at all new to plant care!) and would appreciate any and all advice.

Pink snow cap: this is in chunky perlite & sphagnum in a small pot with drainage. Honestly this one seems like it’s doing ok for now, but I have never kept a begonia in perlite & sphagnum. When it’s time to pot up, should I keep it in that? I have most of my collection in self watering so is that a possibility in a different substrate?

Pink urchin: this lil guy came in a small pot with a lid that seals in 100% humidity. It appears to only have sphagnum moss. I’ve checked it periodically and the moss has stayed moist without any watering. One leaf has a little gray edge on it now, though, so I’m wondering if it’s getting uppity in its setup. Should I keep it in a terrarium but a separate substrate? Should I leave it alone? Should I take it out of its terrarium and repot it in a different substrate?

Unidentified sp - some kind of pink dot maculata?: this one appears to be in pon and small perlite and maybe sand ?? The bottom of the pot is some white substance I cannot identify lol. This has also been living inside 100% humidity dome and the small pot it is in does not have any drainage. Same q’s as the pink urchin. I’m least inclined to use pon out of any of these substrates, but I’m happy to be told otherwise.

Thaaaaanks if you read all of that and have any ideas lol. In an ideal world if I could move any of these to self watering that would be awesome!

What do I do with this? 😔 Bought last fall on a whim; been indoors all winter. I've started research, but have zero experience with these. Photos are last fall/today. Currently placed outdoors in indirect light.

Built it a few months ago and they’re loving it in there. No substrate/soil, water sourced from my aquarium.

PASAR A TIERRA ESQUEJE DE BEGONIA PAVONIANA Y XANTHINA LAZULI ME DA MIEDO PERDERLAS, Necesito consejos de los expertos, Tengo un terrario para plantarlas directamente, tengo también dudas con respecto a si mucha o poca luz, muchas gracias.

was doing ok in her original pot but just growing and getting too left so decided to repot her and just not doing well. she’s a dear friend of mines begonia who was gifted to me so i’m determined to save her. help pls and thank u!

Time to buy some more begonias to really fill this in nicely

I have had this plant going on a year and a half. Just yesterday, she just bent over!! What do I do?