Bright red begonia

Family Begonia .  Homeland - moist subtropical Brazil .  Shrub height of 40-60 cm with elongated, pointed leaves and small bright red flowers .  Fruit - triangular box with lots of small seeds .  Summer blooms .  In winter, kept in a bright room at a temperature of 16-18 ° C .  In spring and summer pritenyayut, protected from direct sunlight .  In the summer watering often, in winter - less .  To give shape to the plant, in the spring of long shoots are cut .  The plant is transplanted into a mixture of leaf and turf ground, humus and sand (2: 0, 5 0, 5 0, 5) .  Summer fed complete mineral or organic fertilizers .  Propagation in February - March, the seeds obtained by artificial pollination, and cuttings .  Small seeds sown without falling asleep, in a mixture of peat and sand (1: 1) .  Seedlings dive twice, then planted one in small pots .  In cuttings taken shoots with 2-3 leaves and perpetuate them in water or the sand, and then a few pieces planted in a pot .

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