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| Begonia amphioxus on my windowsill |
Begonia amphioxus grows on windowsills!
This rare Begonia species is tougher than first thought.
If you find this cute Begonia for sale
on the internet, the seller may warn you that it must be grown in terrarium – high
humidity conditions.
This is wrong. It does
not.
I’ve proven conclusively that it will grow on your windowsill
without any additional humidity.
Once considered very rare, now it is a commercial plant with
limited production.
This story is to stamp out the myth that Begonia amphioxus is
a needy, soft species what can only live in a terrarium, which few indoor gardeners
want to deal with.
We have propagated and sold thousands of ‘Spotted Lizards’ into
Independent Garden Centers on the East coast.
It holds up just fine.
How did the myth get started?
An unrooted cutting requires higher humidity while rooting. Then they are weaned off mist and hardened
off for sale. Many internet sellers do
not acclimate young plants, so warn you to immediately move them into
terrariums.
Great advice, if you’re building a terrarium.
But for the rest of us, find acclimated plants that are ready
for your windowsill. They will thrive
there.
Customers who sell our Begonia amphioxus by retail mail order
are:
Hirt’s Gardens (hirts.com)
My Garden Channel (mygardenchannel.com)
Retail garden centers are found on our locator map:
garysspecialtyplants.com/locations.html
