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Help! Identify this plant please!!
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lindsay_baltimore MD (
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Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 9:16
| I have this house plant but I can't identify it. Some of the leaves broke off this morning while I was trying to transport it and I need to look up how to take care of it/fix it. Can anyone tell me what it is? The underside of the leaves are red and they remind me of a water-lily. Thanks! |
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RE: Help! Identify this plant please!!
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| sorry...i don't think my image uploaded... |
RE: Help! Identify this plant please!!
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| Here is a second image of the broken leaves that I put in a cup of water this morning. |
RE: Help! Identify this plant please!!
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| It's a rhizomatous begonia. Looks like Beef Steak Begonia, Begonia x erythrophylla. The broken off piece should root if you insert it into a pot of damp, but not wet, compost. |
RE: Help! Identify this plant please!!
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| That white stuff on the soil in the pot looks like salt deposit build-up. Suspect the pot has no drain hole. If so, and I were devising a recipe of how to kill this plant, that pot would be the first ingredient. |
RE: Help! Identify this plant please!!
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| Awesome! This is SO helpful! I can't thank you enough. I'm going to transfer it to a new pot with proper drainage and will look up how to take care of beefsteak begonias :) |
RE: Help! Identify this plant please!!
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| There's also a Begonia forum if you develop any questions, or just want to read some of the discussions there. |
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