Beautiful showy species. Leaves pendulous, 10-15 × 7-10 cm in size, green with symmetrical, shaded, olive-green-brown blotches. It prefers shaded places and a continuously moist soil during the summer. The soil must be dry or almost dry in winter. Native to western tropical Himalaya where it grows...

~~Brazilian and Argentinian begonia with cane-like stems. Leaves irregular,  white-spotted in young plants, red beneath. Flowers pink. Half shade. 14  cm pot

Strong climber. Leaves fleshy, lanceolate, about 10 cm in length, dark green. Inflorescences globose, formed by 25-30 flowers. Flowers white or yellowish, 1.5 cm in diameter, slightly scented. Himalaya, at high altitude, in forests. Soil drained, with added bark chips, dry in Winter....

Stems blackish-brown, about 6 mm in diameter, with fine teeth, creeping, very dense. Flowers small, campanulate, pale brown spotted with red-brown. Rare and ornamental. Madagascar. Cutting  Rooted cutting  

~~Pachycaul species from african desets. Very beautiful pink open-tubular flowers. Keep very dry and in warm atmosphere during the winter. Very ornamental even whithout flowers. Known also as 'Desert rose'. 10 seeds  

~~ Stems succulent, up to 25 cm high. Leaves fleshy, peltate, roundish-ovate, acuminate at apex, 9 cm in diameter. Colombia and Peru. Very beautiful and elegant. Not hardy. Keep in a shaded place. Abundant waterings in summer. 12 cm pot