Begonia Richardsiana forms a bulbous trunk in a short time, is easy to grow and makes an attractive miniature-like tree. Its leaves are delicate and pointed with white flowers appearing from spring through fall.
Another plus for Richardsiana is its ability to thrive under dry conditions. I was in our propagation range the other day and caught up with Laurie, our Begonia grower. We propagate Begonia Richardsiana two ways at Logee’s. The first method is by cutting and the second method is by seed.
Here is how we do leaf cutting propagation. Although this way is quicker for the begonia to take root, it takes longer to form the nice bulbous trunk.
Sheering the present crop has two purposes. First, we harvest cuttings for the next crop. Second, the crop underneath becomes a much healthier, fuller multi-branched specimen.
Choosing a cutting with more than one leaf nodes gives the cutting…
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Queensland Begonia Society 
Where can i buy these type of Begonia’s? LOVE
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Hi Richard,
Please contact Mr Peter Henderson on (07) 3359 4319 in Australia, (617) 3359 4319 overseas. He would be able to advise you whether or not Begonia Richardsiana is available. His address is as follows:
79 Chuter Street
Stafford
QLD 4053
Australia
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Perfect, thank you so much. Stafford is just up the road!
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Richard, I have notified Peter. Please give him a phone call first if you plan to visit him. All the best!
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Hi Richard,
I was recently notified that Peter’s phone messages were accidentally deleted and could not be retrieved. If you had left a phone message for him earlier, please phone him again. Thank you. Happy November to you!
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These are extremely interesting. If I didn’t have greenhouses full of succulents I would collect Begonias plus Tradescantia family and gesneriads.
You can actually find succulent species in begoniaceae, the Tradescantia family and gesneriads. For example, see Begonia Richardsiana at https://queenslandbegonia.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/822/.
I must admit I have never heard of B. richardsiana. I did grow a succulent Begonia from a Southwest Seeds list once. I did also have Tradescantia navicularis and lost it (pressure of work means I can’t get into my greenhouses as much as I would like – that’s my excuse anyway!) and I still have one gesneriad: Sinningia leucotricha. I haven’t potted this on for years – if I wore socks I fear I would have to pull them up!
Many of these succulent species usually either have thick hairy leaves and/or a fat cordex.
Yes, you are not alone here as B. Richardsiana is not known by many veteran begonia experts.
As far as I know, Begonia Richardsiana is classified under the Caudiciform group within the family Begoniaceae.
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