That is certainly a beautiful specimen you scored on! i noticed the soli-mutata hybrids don't like to get too dry (humidity-wise), which is how i lost a start i had last year. thanks for sharing those lovely pics and that in my opinion, that is MUCH nicer than a poinsettia.

-ming

Thanks for the advice Ming. I'll be sure to watch out for that but I expect it to decline by the time spring arrives and hopefully revive it outside here in humid NJ.

HI:

I need some help with my Morocco plant. I got it last spring at a flower show, but it has not grown much.

It has drying out around the leaf edges. I thought I was either over or underwatering. It is with other begonias which are doing fine, so humidity should be OK. I have kept it watered but don't see much progress.

Any tips?

Thanks.

Sorry maryinphilly, I didn't get an email that you posted here.
It has gotten crispy around the leaves for me too at times. It has grown though. I kept it outside during summer. It is a sprawling plant and it lost some of that red highlighting though not completely. I am finding it easier than the rexes. Did you try to change the pot and the soil? Sometimes that gives my plants a kick in the pants. Mine is in a plastic 6" pot. I water it deeply and then let the top get very dry, but not so the pot is dry through and through and it is hard to get wet next time. I haven't fertilized it much either. Maybe some osmocote whenever I repot. Maybe a few watering crystals too. Come to think of it, maybe I should give it some Neptune Harvest and see if I can get some of that color back.

That is one nice Begonia!

Thanks Larry. I still have it however, she contacted powdery mildew this winter. Unfortunately, I made a bad purchase during the winter and many of my begonias are now infected.

Lovely, that one is on my list.

Thank you.She still lives and it even got over the powdery mildew without any chemicals.