Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Propagating Rexes, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Here are 3 different types of begonias that have been water rooted (cane 'Cracked Ice' which was broken off the mother plant when being moved indoors recently, a leaf of the rhizo 'Martin's Mystery', and a leaf of an unknown rex which has been in the water for weeks as an experiment).

The cane was broken off about a week or more ago and 'Martin's Mystery' was started about the same time. The rex has been in water for 4 to 6 weeks. What is really interesting is seeing all the growth of the rex underwater (no light and no air). The other two just have roots. Two smaller leaves of 'Martin's Mystery' did not root and neither did some old leaves of 'Shamus'.