Begonia paleata Size:9cm Avoid letting the plant sit

Avoid letting the plant sit in water

Digitate foliage

glossy leaves with prominent ribbed veins

Dark almost black colour on new leaves

specifically Western Australia

Begonia paleata Size:9cm Avoid letting the plant sitBegonia paleata is a rhizomatous sub shrub native to the humid forests of southeastern Brazil, especially the Rio de Janeiro region. It produces rounded, textured leaves that are apple green, often flushed with red at the veins and petiole; finer hairs may cover the surface. Clusters of pendant white flowers with yellow centres appear intermittently. The specific epithet paleata refers to its bristled, chaff like leaf hairs This species thrives in