Probably 'Pink Diamonds'.

Here is a picture of my deceased one. Luckily I found a new one but it is no where near the size of the old one.

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that's a beuty! i'm kinda new to rexes. I'm not having the best luck with them. Right now i have a red robin or regal minuet? i'm not sure wich one it is, and what i think is pink champagne? they were doing fine for like a 2 weeks and now all of the sudden their leaves and stems are sagging down. The leaves were nice and firm and now their soft,droopy and dull looking. I watered it the same day with all my other ones. All are doing well except for those. The soil is still moist so I know not to water again. I don't know what went wrong, it's so frustrating! maybe i gave those particular ones to much water...

Don't water again until it dries out. I know what you mean by frustrating. I use to assume if it was wilting then it needed more water which caused more wilting and so on until I killed it with too much water.

I moved most of mine to clay pots with liberal amounts of perlite to avoid overwatering but it still happens during winter. I have most of mine outdoors now where they usually thrive but the weather is so cool (really strange for this time of year) and we are having rain out the whazoo. This is the fourth day in a row of rain. Hopefully the sun will shine tomorrow and things will start to grow.

Look at the Lyndon Lyon site for a good picture of 'Regal Minuet'. The color pattern is similar to 'Red Robin' but the shape is different.

Here is a link that might be useful: Lyndon Lyon Rexes

Thanks for the info. Can they come back? I mean mine is severely wilted lol. The soil is really moist. should i take it out and put dry soil in it? or leave it there? here's a picture of it.

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oh lord! i did it again! here's the right link. This is before the wilting.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://community.webshots.com/photo/357680679/357681030DptLHR

First of all the wilting does not look bad in the pictures, but the soil looks very wet. It may take a long time to dry out in a plastic pot. I would pull the plant and soil out of the pot and put it on newspaper or something that will wick away a lot of the water. When it feels damp or dry to the touch then return it to the pot or move it to a clay pot. I do this to some of my begonias even in clay pots outdoors when we have had a lot of rain or I overwatered it. I don't always save it but it helps in a lot of cases. You can always try starting some of your older leaves for insurance. Use an aquarium or a high top propagator for best results when doing leaf cuttings. Even a plastic bag over a cup helps for rooting cuttings.

Thanks for the advice. What happened to your pink diamonds? did you overwater also?

Smithjm,

Probably lost it due to overwatering and cold temps combined. This was before I learned that most begonias like it on the dry side. It was in a cold greenhouse - a couple of nights below freezing and several close to freezing. Most begonias made it through the winter though. Some are a lot tougher than they appear. You learn from your mistakes. You also find out which ones have mettle and which ones are whiners.

One of the unknown rexes I gave my daughter last year is flourishing in her breakfast room in dim light and what appears to be bone dry soil. It has some of the biggest leaves I have seen on a rex. How it continues to grow is beyond me. I told her I would have to give her all my rexes so she could grow them on and I could come over and admire them from time to time. I will have to post a picture of this unknown rex if I remember to take my camera over to her house next time.

Butch

i'm making funeral arrangments...my plant is dead. I'm so upset it didn't make it. Live and learn right? I'm almost giving up on rexes. I mean their sooo picky. If you water to much or to little they die. I have 5 left, and doing well. They seem to be more hardy and not that picky about water.

Are the rhizomes completely mushy or dried up? If the rhizomes are still firm then move them to a new pot with liberal amounts of perlite and move outdoors. They may just need a resting period. Back off on watering until new growth appears.

I think the growers trick the plants into growing for sale throughout the year. Then when you buy them and they start going downhill (they need a rest) we think they are dying from lack of water. This ususually leads to certain death.

Are the leaves completely gone? If not try starting some new plants with the leaves. Give it a warm place with bright light (not full sun) and a humidity tent.

Don't give up. Lessons learned. It's a shame directions are not included with a lot of plants, but this way they can sell more plants.

the rhizome is completely mushy and the leaves are very floppy and they kinda thinned out? they don't feel hard and firm anymore. I took it back and they actually gave me another one! usually they don't do that. The only place i know that replaces plants is home depot. I hope with this one i have more luck. Here's a pic of it. I'm not sure what kind it is, but it's beutiful.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://community.webshots.com/photo/357680679/363809468pYqPYD#

The new one looks like 'Casey Corwin'. Good luck with this one. Most nurseries will replace plants within one year if you can find the faded out receipt (except mail order - in this case a two week period is usually all you get if you get that).

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