Species · genus Begonia · Begoniaceae

Eyelash Begonia

Begonia bowerae Ziesenh.

Growth habit

rhizomatous geophyte

Native range

Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Reference · B. bowerae

Cultivars of B. bowerae

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under B. bowerae yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Begonia bowerae is a small rhizomatous begonia from the shaded forests of southern Mexico, where its creeping rhizome stores moisture and resents staying wet. Give it bright, indirect light and a gritty, free-draining mix, watering only when the top inch of mix has dried. The rhizome rots easily if kept soggy, so err toward dryness; medium household humidity suits it, though it appreciates good airflow.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

15–27 °C

Soil mix

Light, airy rhizomatous-begonia mix

Propagation

Leaf or rhizome cuttings

Fertilizing

Dilute balanced feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Small pink flowers on tall stems in winter

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Soluble calcium oxalates — mouth irritation, vomiting; tubers most toxic. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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