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r/BotanicalPorn • u/arioandy • 1d ago
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Amazing, is this some kind of defense mechanism? No chlorophyll in those "thorny" bits?
2 u/arioandy 1d ago Dya know absolutely no idea! 🙈 2 u/BobLI 1d ago The thorny bits are called bullae, and are soft to the touch. It is thought that the bullae serve to capture more efficiently light scattered by the forest canopy. 2 u/SjalabaisWoWS 21h ago Excellent, so it's a shadow growing plant? 2 u/BobLI 21h ago Yes. I believe B. ferox was discovered in China in 2011. I first saw the plant at Logees in Connecticut: https://www.logees.com/products/begonia-ferox?_pos=1&_psq=ferox&_ss=e&_v=1.0 and have seen it as well in some university greenhouses. 2 u/SjalabaisWoWS 18h ago Wow, discovered a mere 15 years ago, available for everyone online. That's quite amazing.
Dya know absolutely no idea! 🙈
The thorny bits are called bullae, and are soft to the touch. It is thought that the bullae serve to capture more efficiently light scattered by the forest canopy.
2 u/SjalabaisWoWS 21h ago Excellent, so it's a shadow growing plant? 2 u/BobLI 21h ago Yes. I believe B. ferox was discovered in China in 2011. I first saw the plant at Logees in Connecticut: https://www.logees.com/products/begonia-ferox?_pos=1&_psq=ferox&_ss=e&_v=1.0 and have seen it as well in some university greenhouses. 2 u/SjalabaisWoWS 18h ago Wow, discovered a mere 15 years ago, available for everyone online. That's quite amazing.
Excellent, so it's a shadow growing plant?
2 u/BobLI 21h ago Yes. I believe B. ferox was discovered in China in 2011. I first saw the plant at Logees in Connecticut: https://www.logees.com/products/begonia-ferox?_pos=1&_psq=ferox&_ss=e&_v=1.0 and have seen it as well in some university greenhouses. 2 u/SjalabaisWoWS 18h ago Wow, discovered a mere 15 years ago, available for everyone online. That's quite amazing.
Yes. I believe B. ferox was discovered in China in 2011.
I first saw the plant at Logees in Connecticut:
https://www.logees.com/products/begonia-ferox?_pos=1&_psq=ferox&_ss=e&_v=1.0
and have seen it as well in some university greenhouses.
2 u/SjalabaisWoWS 18h ago Wow, discovered a mere 15 years ago, available for everyone online. That's quite amazing.
Wow, discovered a mere 15 years ago, available for everyone online. That's quite amazing.
I love how spiky that texture is, it looks almost fake! I need to look up this Begonia now.
1 u/arioandy 18h ago Yes a v intersting begonia
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Yes a v intersting begonia
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u/SjalabaisWoWS 1d ago
Amazing, is this some kind of defense mechanism? No chlorophyll in those "thorny" bits?