dena, that is BEAUTIFUL! i'm very impressed...sign me up! what did you do the painting with? the color is just fantastic--i had to look twice to find the faux leaf.

-ming

I thought it was beatiful too, but I have a question. I've never heard of more than one form of B. 'Escargot'. I have the one on the left, and would love to have the one in the middle, but are you sure it's another Escargot?

Hi,
Thank you for the compliments.
I am not begonia knowledgeable. The plant in the middle of the picture with the spikier leaves and the spider looking center is really intriguing up close. Unfortunately the plant did not have a label on it when I bought it. It does swirl on top and bottom like the "Escargot". If any one knows the correct name I am hoping they will post it here.
Dena

i have the plant in the middle and it too came nameless-- from the supermarket. it looks close to something called 'Super Curl' that i see sold on ebay, or something called 'Chine Curl' on a japanese begonia page. HTH,

-ming

Here is a link that might be useful: 'China Curl'

Dena,

The begonia in question is 'Super Curl'. Here are my pix of it. Also 'Purple Curl' is similar and I have a poor picture of it as well.

New leaves of 'Purple Curl'
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'Super Curl 1'
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'Super Curl 2'
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