Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Show your Blooming Canes, 0 by Illoquin

Illoquin wrote:
New to the forum -- but with some questions:

I think this is a cane, but what I'm really hoping for is some advice on how to get seed pods. I thought they were supposed to be brown papery things and I don't have any. Am I supposed to hand pollinate this to get them? I forget the name, Angelwings or Dragon wings -- whatever the most common one is. The flowers just drop, but I can't see where any pods are forming or anything is replacing them.

I started this from seed and I am inordinately proud of myself. PLEASE don't tell me it's the easiest begonia to grow from seed! LOL!

One more question. The shopping malls, office buildings, well, everywhere, it seems, have little bedding begonias planted by the thousands. Would they typically have seed pods? If I wanted to get seed from them when would be the best time?

Thanks,
Suzy

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