Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Is this a rex begonia?, 0 by hill5422

hill5422 wrote:
This last spring I was in a office building and came across this beauty. It is one of the most attractive plants I have ever seen. The woman who owned it said it was a begonia and that she had grown it from a cutting that she had gotten from another person in the building. She said they grew all over the city (Washington DC), but I failed to see them. Is this a rex type? I had always thought of begonias as pinkish little frilly things that grandmas grew. So if this is what it is, I'll need bows, cookie recipes and a wig because I'm hooked. Or maybe just change my ideas of who grows begonias. The recipes would be good tho...

-FM