Identification: Angelwing begonias

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  1. brownthumbexpert

    brownthumbexpert Active Member

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    Can anyone help ID these angelwings? I have been trying for a while and have had no luck. Any help would be apprecaited...
     

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    Possibly Begonia maculata for the first one and Begonia lana for the second. I don't know about #3.
     
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    I am not sure. These can be so hard to pin down. I am not sure because the lana seems to have more "stripes' than random dots.
     
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    Yea, I thought the same thing but if yours is an immature leaf it might display a different pattern. Often times plants immature leaves look nothing like the mature plant. I've only ever had one Angelwing and unfortunately I lost it. Hopefully someone else chimes in with more positive ID's for you.
     
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    I didn't know that about leaves - thanks for that! I will write the name down, maybe by the time spring or summer comes, it will look different. What kind of angelwing did you have?
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    #2 could also be B. coccineum....

    I grow a terribly large array of Begonias, including a number of the epiphytes, and I have given up even trying to ID many of them.
     
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    I wasn't sure if I would get any responses. I know they can be a nightmare, if not impossible. Especially with awful pictures, haa haa. I really like to have my plants labeled as detailed as possible, but I guess that may not always be possible.

    Love your username lorax!
     
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    Mine was a Begonia Corallina de Lucerna. It did very well but outgrew the location I had it in. When I moved it, it didn't do so well and eventually died.
     

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