I found the original of this begonia in an old warehouse building on the East Coast, growing in the dark, covered with fungus. Growing is perhaps an overstatement, nevertheless it survived. I rescued it, cut it back severely and bathed it in Immunox and It rewarded me with vigorous growth. It has gotten attacked by fungus a few times but it always responded well to a gentle Immunox treatment.
It grows on my patio and gets quite a bit of sun in the afternoon but only for a few hours, other than that it is in a semi-shade. It is a "cane" type, I presume, but it branches quite liberally on the top. It almost always flowers although rigt now it is not flowering. It is a prolific grower and I have stuck cuttings into various parts of my garden where it mostly took to growing.
I found a hybrid on Brad Thompson's site that looks very much like this one. He calls it Begonia Venona - I have not seen references to that name anywere else.
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