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Begonia tropaeolifolia is a climbing begonia from the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador, grown mainly by collectors who want a trailing or climbing begonia. It needs warm, humid, bright conditions and shelter from direct sun and cold.
Begonia tropaeolifolia is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is endemic to Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species was first described by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 11: 120 in 1859.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
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