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Begonia amphioxus
Red Butterfly Begonia · Butterfly Begonia
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: moderate Light: partial_sun Toxicity: low
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Soil pH
5–6
Hardiness
Zone 3–11
Click count
80
Observations
60
Description
Source: leafsnapIt's small and extremely eye-catching plant with butterfly wing-like leaves. Its green leaves have red dots.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Ideal: Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 0–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 0–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 5-6
Soil pH: 5-6
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Begonia
- Family
- Begoniaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-11
- Mature Height
- 0 cm to 12 cm
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm to 40 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Red, Purple
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- White, Purple
- Flower Size
- 1.02 cm to 2.03 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring, Summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Summer, Fall
- Native Area
- South and Central America, Africa, southern Asia
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Common Names (2)
en Red Butterfly Begonia
en Butterfly Begonia