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Perennials
Corallina de Lucerna
- Genus: Begonia
- Species: Corallina
- Family: Begoniaceae
- Name: Corallina de Lucerna
- Common name: Angelwing begonia
- Type: Cane stemmed (Bambusiforme)
- Classified by: Richard Wettstein, Austrian botanist
- Discovered: 1892
- Parentage:
- Seed: B. teuscheri
- Pollen: B. coccinea
- Bloom time: Most of the year
- Leaves: Lance-shaped
- Length: 4" to 8" (10.1 to 20.3 cm)
- Width: 2" to 4" (5 to 10.1 cm)
- Exposure: Bright filtered light
- Colour:
- Above: Green with silver spots
- Below: Deep red
- Fertilizer NPK: 4.6.8 (High potash)
- Moisture: Allow top inch of mixture to dry between watering
- Reference: The International Database of the BEGONIACEAE
- Location:: Artist collection
- Comments: Garden Journal
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