Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Has anyone grown Begonia venosa?, 0 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
thanks so much for your advice.
Since it is winter time here, I may keep under light until our cold weather is over.......
So excited someone has grown these.
I am going to order all kinds of begonia seeds (plus begoniadude sent me a lot of seed from The Begonia Society that I haven't started yet)

I am really happy that you told me to keep them root bound for awhile. When I read the 'shrub like' I started thinking in terms of bigger pots.............I may even grow them as individuals in their own little pots for a while.......

I ordered mainly gesneriads from this man in Brazil and have to share one that is already getting ready to bloom. I get more excited about seeds and leaves than anything else.
This is a chirita tamiana. Look closely at her unusual bud getting ready to open.