Hi everyone, I'm new to this site and this is my first post! I'm also a bit new to gardening, so any suggestions would be appreciated :) So, to cut to the chase, I got an Angelwing Begonia about a month ago. She started out nicely with pretty flowers and good-colored leaves. I keep a good eye on her, but the branches are wilting pretty bad. I can actually bend them upright, but then of course they just sag again. The leaves are still pretty green, but sometimes they turn yellow and fall off (I found out I was overwatering, but now I water about once a week or two weeks, and this has become less of a problem). She's about 12-14" high, in a well-drained pot with a 4" diameter about 6" high. She's in the brightest room I can find here in my college dorm, which is by a north window and an east window with filtered light (I think this may be the problem, I just wanted to see what everyone else thinks). Thanks!
Re: My Angel-wing Begonia's wilting! Sometimes, plants will need an adjustment period from change of light/humidity when brought into the home and can shed some of it's leaves before they get happy again.If the leaves where yellowing, it probably was from a little too much water. After having my angel-wing for a few months, it started to lose leaves, so I moved it so it received some direct sun, and kept the soil on the moist side, not sopping wet. I had to cut a few stems back from getting a little (leggy) from the lower light it was in before, then re-planted them back into the same pot to make it more full looking. It's doing really well now with an occasional leaf drop.
Thanks for replying! Maybe if I move her to the south window in my dorm's kitchen she'll do better. Then, if there's still no improvement, then should I cut off the parts that's drooping and replant them in the same pot to make the plant fuller? Will they take root?
Cheshire, If you give it more light, it's best to do it gradual, like maybe off to the side of a sunny window at first for a week, then a little closer, and closer.... You might lose a few leaves from the light change, but new ones should grow. Mine gets southern light, but because of trees, it's not hot and sunny long enough to burn the leaves. You can take 6"-7" cuttings and they should root for you, but it might work out better if you could wait until spring when the plant is more active.
Hey, thanks! I didn't think to do it gradually, but I guess that makes sense. I could probably wait to clip until spring when she's become more stabilized (that is, a stable light source/position in the dorm). I'm starting to think it's important to move new plants around the house to see where they do the best at.
