Begonia susaniae

Begonia susaniae is a beautifully textured and colored Begonia that occurs in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon.  New growth comes out a pale green, with slightly serrated leaf edges.  As the plant matures, bullae originating from the leaves center form, and almost the entire front surface of the leaf turns a pinkish-red.  Only the leaf edges remain the original green color. Mature plants stand about 7 inches tall.

It has an interesting growth habit, where occasionally even leaves some inches off the ground will start self-propagating from the leaf base/the point where the petiole is attached, growing a flush of tiny green leaves.

And here, some recent propagations alongside B. montiselephantis, another African native, and B. bullatifolia, a Brazilian Begonia.

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