Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing. Never knew begonias could get that big.

tim..same here..no clue that a begonia could be that tall.. hc..nice escape from winter weather..

Parviflora is most impressive to me, love the massive leaves and giant size. HC, is this available anywhere to the general public?

Looks like you had a great visit to the Atlanta BG.

Russ

Russ, I don't know who would carry it today. I bought it years ago at a convention and the late Charles Jaros said it was the genuine thing. I'm not convinced it is as it looks like reniformis. Anyway it is easy to propagate and grow.

Here is my own over the last few years.

This is a mixed pot of canes with parviflora towering over all the canes. It can grow a couple feet in a year easily so I keep it cut back every 2 to 3 years.

https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/385831893058361764/

Here is one that is forever etched in my brain:

http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/view.asp?chkbox=1192

The biggest begonia I've seen online is baccata from Sao Tome (a small island off the west coast of Africa)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia_baccata

http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=4086#

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/339951471844105906/

I cannot find the article I discovered years ago where they showed one specimen that looked like a small tree (maybe 15 to 20 feet tall)

Here is when it bloomed at the ABG a few years ago. I estimated it was 18 feet tall then (reaching for the light).

I posted this back in 2014 after visiting the ABG.

Thanks hc, all I can say is WOW... amazing. I'd like to find at least one of these giants, I'll do an image search as you suggested.

Russ