BeginaBegonia’s Seed List (last updated Oct 2025)

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Seeds are $25 US for 30+ seeds except where noted. Where less than 30 seeds are offered, price is $20.
While I prove all my seeds, I can’t guarantee germination given the number of things that can go wrong between shipping and sowing.
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I send out sowing recommendations with orders (also located at the end of this document).
Shipping is $5 for first class in the US, $3 for regular mail without tracking for international orders, unless other arrangements are agreed upon.
I am unable to provide phyto–buyer assumes any risks of import.

Newest Editions! Jump to: Species * NoIDs * Hybrids * Sowing Recommendations

(darthvaderiana x U691) x ruthiae		Upright stem	Sales of this species will be donated to Oasis Youth Center
B. sp. ‘Black Blood’ (Betong)	Sarawak, Malaysia	Upright stem	Half of sales of this species will be donated to La Resistencia
B. sp. Kapuas Hulu	Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia	Upright stem	Half of sales of this species will be donated to La Resistencia

Species Jump to: Newest Additions! * NoIDs * Hybrids * Sowing Recommendations

B. amphioxus (Petermannia)	Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia	Upright stem Limestone native	In stock
B. aketajawensis (Petermannia)	Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock (Note that seeds will be a mix of dark form, mottled, and solid green)
B. alicida (Alicida)	Thong Pha Phum, Thailand	Tuberous Lithophyte (limestone)	Out of stock
B. arachnoidea (Coelocentrum)	Daxin Xian, southwestern Guangxi, China	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. araneumoides (Jackia)	Limapuluh Kota, West Sumatra, Indonesia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte	In stock
B. austrovietnamica (Alicida)	Bình Thuận province, southern Vietnam	Tuberous Lithophyte (granite)	Out of stock
B. baik (Petermannia)	Padawan, Kuching District, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia	Creeping stem Dipterocarp forest on sandstone slopes	In stock
B. barosma (Coelocentrum)	Southwestern Guangxi, China	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone) Photo taken with flash	In stock
B. bataiensis (Leprosae) Endangered	Ba Tai Hill, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam	Tuberous Lithophyte (limestone)	Out of stock
B. batuphila (Jackia)	West Sumatra, Indonesia	Rhizomatous	Out of stock
B. blancii ‘Mottled’ (Diploclinium)	Palawan, Philippines	Rhizomatous Lithophyte	In stock
B. borneensis (Petermannia)	Borneo, Malaysia	Upright stem	In stock
B. bullatifolia (Knesebeckia) Critically endangered	Espírito Santo, Brazil	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. carnosa (Petermannia) Critically endangered	Minahasa, Kapetaran (Kapataran), North Sulawesi Province (eastern North biogeographical region), Sulawesi, Indonesia	Creeping stem Lowland forest but also in village gardens, terrestrial in soil	In stock
B. chingipengii (Baryandra)	Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, Luzon Island, Philippines	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. colorata (Petermannia)	Biliran, Mindanao, Luzon Island, Visayas, Philippines	Upright stem	Out of stock
B. conipila (Petermannia)	Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia	Creeping stem Limestone	Out of stock
B. coriacea (Reichenheimia) Near Threatened	Java, Bali, south Sumatra, Indonesia	Creeping stem Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. crispula (Pritzelia)	Brazil	Rhizomatous	New in stock!
B. curtisii ‘Galaxy’ (Parvibegonia)	Phang Nga, Surat Thani, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand	Tuberous Lithophyte (limestone)	Out of stock
B. curtisii Phukett (Parvibegonia)	Thailand	Tuberous Lithophyte (limestone)	Out of stock
B. daunhitam (Petermannia)	Boyan Tanjung District, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia	Upright stem	In stock
B. diadema (Platycentrum)	Borneo	Rhizomatous, uprght	In stock
B. dinhdui (Jackia)	Đơn Dương District Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam	Rhizomatous Sandstone slopes and rocky crevices	In stock
B. aff. dinosauria (Petermannia)	Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia	Creeping stem	In stock
B. dracopelta (Petermannia)	Sarawak, Malaysia and Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia	Semi-erect stem Vertical moist rocks in waterfalls	Out of stock
B. ferox (Coelocentrum)	Longzhou County, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, China	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. filiformis ‘red’ (Coelocentrum)	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. fulgurata (Diploclinium) Vulnerable	Chiang Mai Province, Thailand	Tuberous In granite derived soil, rich in organic matter	In stock
B. gemella (Petermannia)	Minahassa, Sulawesi	Creeping stem On lowland limestone karst walls	In stock
B. gironellae (Baryandra)	Palawan, Philippines	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. henryi (Reichenheimia)	S. Central China and N. Guangxi, China	Tuberous Lithophyte	In stock (very limited - 20 each)
B. hoehneana (Stellandrae)	Brazil	Rhizomatous	Out of stock
B. hymenophylla (Reichenheimea) Vulnerable	Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand	Tuberous Lithophyte (sandstone) Miniature species	Out of stock
B. imperialis (dark form) (Weilbachia)	Southern Mexico and Guatemala	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. ignita (Petermannia)	Only known from cultivation; likely endemic to Sulawesi	Stem procumbent and rooting at nodes	In stock
B. incerta (Platycentrum)	Thailand	Tuberous	In stock
B. jiewhoei (Petermannia) Endangered	Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia	Upright stem, becomes pendent Limestone	In stock
B. jingxiensis var. mashanica (Coelocentrum)	Guangxi, China	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. kapuashuluensis (Petermannia)	Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia	Upright stem Dipterocarp	Out of stock
B. kingiana (Ridleyella)	Langkawi, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Kelantan, Trengganu, Peninsular Malaysia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. klemmei (fka U606) (Baryandra)	Luzon Island, Philippines	Rhizomatous Limestone	In stock
B. koksunii (Platycentrum) Critically endangered	Sungai Mangaa, Upper Perak, Peninsular Malaysia	Rhizomatous Steep earth banks above the river	Out of stock
B. limprichti (Platycentrum) Endangeredi	Arunachal Pradesh to China (Sichuan, Yunnan)	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. longiciliata (red form) (Platycentrum) Vulnerable	Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, China; Laos; Vietnam	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. lugonis (Knesebeckia) Vulnerable	Ecuador	Upright rhizomatous	In stock
B. luzhaiensis (Coelocentrum)	Guangxi, China	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. mabberleyana (Petermannia) Critically endangered	Lamala District and Batui District, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	Upright stem Terrestrial and lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. mendumiae (Petermannia) Vulnerable	Gunung Ali, North Sulawesi, Indonesia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte	In stock
B. metallicolor (Petermannia)	Padawan, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia	Pendent stem Dipterocarp slopes	Out of stock
B. montaniformis (Coelocentrum)	Ba Thuoc Dist, Thanh Hoa Province, Northern Vietnam	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	New in stock!
B. murina (Diploclinium)	Rachaburi, Kanburi, Thailand; Bolikhamxay, Khammouan, Laos	Tuberous Lithophyte (limestone)	Back in stock!
B. neocomensium (Pritzelia)	Bahia, Brazil	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. ningmingensis (dark form) (Coelocentrum)	Guangxi, China; northern Vietnam	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. ningmingensis var. bella (Coelocentrum)	Southwestern Guangxi, China	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. ningmingensis Vietnam (Coelocentrum)	China & Vietnam	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. nurii (Reichenheimia) Vulnerable	Gua Musang, Pahang, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. olivacea (Reichenheimia)	Simolap, Leuser National Park, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock (very limited - 20 each)
B. parvula (Reichenheimia)	Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, Yunnan, China	Tuberous Lithophyte	In stock (very limited - 20 each)
B. pavonina (Platycentrum)	Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia	Rhizomatous	In stock (Note that seeds will be a mix of both cyan and dark blue forms)
B. pearcei (Eupetalum)	Bolivia	Tuberous In rock crevices and slopes near streams	In stock
B. pengii (Coelocentrum)	Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, China	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	New in stock!
B. perunggufolia (Jackia)	North Sumatra, Indonesia	Rhizomatous	Out of stock
B. picta (Diploclinium)	N India, Myanmar, Nepal	Tuberous	In stock
B. polilloensis (Petermannia)	Philippines	Shrubby upright growth	New in stock!
B. promethea (Petermannia) Endangered	Bau District, Sarawak; Bengkayang Regency, West Kalimantan, Borneo	Creeping stem Lowland forest, growing on wet, shaded and almost vertical sandstone cliffs or basalt cliffs with water spray, sometimes in direct sunlight	Out of stock
B. pteridiformis (dark form) (Parvibegonia)	Nam Tok Manora Forest Park, Phang Nga, Thailand	Tuberous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. pteridoides (Erminea) Vulnerable	Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar	Tuberous Lithophyte (granite)	Out of stock
B. rajah (Reichenheimia)	Trengganu and Johore, Peninsular Malaysia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte, on rocks along streams	In stock
B. robii (Jackia) Endangered	Lima Puluh Kota Regency and Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone or sandstone)	In stock
B. rostrata (Rostrobegonia)	Angola, Burkina, Cabinda, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo	Tuberous Lithophyte (granite)	In stock
B. ruthiae (Petermannia)	Danum Valley Conservation Area, Lahad Datu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia	Upright stem In deep shade on banks in lowland dipterocarp forest with hardly any leaf litter, often on raised roots, on wet rocks along the river	In stock
B. sericoneura var. Lindleyana (Gireoudia)	Colombia	Rhizomatous, uprght	In stock
B. sykakiengii (Baryandra) Endangered	Panay Island, Philippines	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	In stock
B. tagbanua (Baryandra)	Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Palawan, Philippines	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. tanjiewhoei (fka sp. Trang)	Thailand	Rhizomatous	Out of stock
B. tenuifolia (blue margin) (Parvibegonia)	Java, Sumatra, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia	Tuberous Shady situations in steep stony gullies and sometimes growing on karst limestone	In stock
B. tenuifolia (dark with spots) (Parvibegonia)	(see above)	(see above)	In stock
B. tuberculosa (Platycentrum) Vulnerable	Gunung Sinabung, North Sumatra, Indonesia	Tuberous Terrestrial herb of mid-upper montane forest, found in rich humus and often at the base of tree trunks	In stock (very limited - 20 each)
B. vankerckhovenii (Scutobegonia)	Gabon, Zaïre	Rhizomatous	Out of stock
B. variabilis (Type 1) (Parvibegonia)	Upper Perak and Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia	Tuberous	Out of stock
B. variabilis (Type 2) (Parvibegonia)	(see above)	(see above)	In stock
B. wiformis (fka U577) (Coelocentrum)	Lạng Sơn, Vietnam	Rhizomatous Lithophyte (limestone)	Out of stock

NoIDs Jump to: Newest Additions! * Species * Hybrids * Sowing Recommendations

B. U664	Vietnam	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. U688	Borneo	Upright stem	In stock
B. sp. Aceh (Type 1)	Aceh, Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Aceh (Type 2)	Aceh, Indonesia	Pendent stem	Out of stock
B. sp. ‘blue tuberous’	Unknown	Tuberous	In stock
B. sp. Chiku	Kelantan, Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. ‘Dongoranensis’	Sumatra, Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Gunung Kendil	Indonesia	Tuberous	New in stock!
B. sp. Hà Giang	Hà Giang, Vietnam	Rhizomatous	Out of stock
B. sp. Lạng Sơn (Type 1)	Vietnam	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Lạng Sơn (Type 2)	Vietnam	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Layar		Upright stem	Out of stock
B. sp. Malalo	West Sumatra, Indonesia	Upright rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Mamasa	West Sulawesi, Indoensia	Creeping, rooting at nodes Leaves stay small	New in stock! (very limited - 20 each)
B. sp. Mantuk	Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia	Pendent stem	In stock
B. sp. Padang	West Sumatra, Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Tuberous	Out of stock
B. sp. Sabah (Type 1)	Malaysia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Sabah (Type 2)	Malaysia	Upright stem	Out of stock
B. sp. Sandakan	Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia	Creeping stem	In stock
B. sp. Lahad Datu	Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia	Creeping stem	In stock
B. sp. Sarawak (aff. lichenora)	Borneo, Malaysia	Creeping stem	Out of stock
B. sp. Sidikalang	Dairi Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia	Upright stem	In stock
B. sp. Sumatera Utara (Type 1)	Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Sumatera Utara (Type 2)	Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Sumatera Utara (Type 3)	Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Sumatera Utara (Type 4)	Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Sumpur	Indonesia	Rhizomatous	In stock
B. sp. Tawau (cf. ruthiae)	Sabah, Malaysia	Upright stem	In stock
B. aff. tenuissima	Indonesia	Upright stem	In stock
B. sp. Thailand	Thailand	Pendent stem	In stock
B. sp. Tuyên Quang	Vietnam	Rhizomatous	Out of stock

Hybrids Jump to: Newest Additions! * Species * NoIDs * Sowing Recommendations

ruthiae x kapuashuluensis	Compact, upright growth habit	In stock
mentiens x sp. Kapuas Hulu	Upright growth habit, gets big!	Out of stock
sp. Mantuk x sp. Kapuas Hulu	Cane-like with foliage that hangs downward to trail	In stock
mabberleyana x sp. Kapuas Hulu	Shrubby upright growth	In stock
U688 x sp. Kapuas Hulu	Upright growth, gets big!	In stock
tagbanua x conipila	Creeping rhizome, small growing habit, blue iridescence	In stock (very limited - 20 each)

Sowing Recommendations Jump to: Newest Additions! * Species * NoIDs * Hybrids

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN OPENING YOUR SEED PACKAGE!
Begonia seeds are VERY tiny (<.75mm) and can scatter with a jump of the paper or a sneeze.
Seeds are in a folded piece of glassine paper within the case. Seeds could have shifted out of the paper into the case. If the label is folded over the edge, take great care not to pinch the bottom (where the label is creased) where the seeds are sitting.
I recommend opening your package above a clean sheet of printer paper, creased down the middle, as this will help catch any that spill and can then be used to count or distribute your seed more easily for sowing. Good seeds roll (squished seeds don’t).
If you are not planning to sow right away, store in the refrigerator (not the freezer).

LIGHT: Constant, close light works best, under an LED or other artificial light in my experience. Begonia seeds require light to germinate, so this is also important to remember when you set up your box, that you’ll want to premoisten your substrate and then lay your seeds on the surface, to be sure they don’t sink into the substrate. I recommend 12-14 hours/day.

SUBSTRATE: Many substrates work, but my favorite is ProMix, which is a peat-based mix to which I add some extra perlite (3:1) and then a layer of vermiculite on top. You can use other media, but be aware that if it’s a coarse mix you might risk seeds falling into pockets and if they don’t see light they won’t germinate. See the note re: pre-moistening before laying down the seeds!

WATER: To trigger germination, seeds must take in water. Don’t let your seeds dry out while germinating and through early growth! The smaller the container, the more easily you can maintain high moisture and have that moisture recirculate back into your substrate, meaning less maintenance for you. I like to use smaller containers—anything from a deli cup to a clear plastic shoebox, to keep optimum moisture in the system.

HUMIDITY: You’ll want to maintain near 100% humidity for germination, and unless I’m checking on them, I keep seedlings completely sealed until I’m ready to transplant them.

HEAT: Warmth seems to be a critical factor in my experience in triggering germination, ideally above 73F. One can use a seedling mat for these purposes but be aware you’ll need to be more attuned to moisture and you might need to rehydrate more often—they can easily dry out so I recommend this route with caution. In winter, having artificial lights that emit some warmth and setting my seedling trays on a top shelf in my kitchen is adequate without additional heating.

Other considerations:

Sterilize your containers, trays and pots to ensure pathogens are not present that could cause damping off. These pathogens thrive in cool wet conditions, so also be sure your media is not sopping wet.
Strike a balance in how many seeds you lay down at once. I find that they germinate best in good company, but if too densely crowded, that can slow growth all around and be hard to untangle later.
It typically takes anywhere from 1-6 weeks to germinate, with most that I’ve observed emerging visibly around the 3-4 week mark.
I usually wait until I have 1-3 more mature leaves before separating and transplanting. When I do transplant, I will make a pot of the substrate I'd like it to grow into longterm, and then make a hole that I'll fill halfway with the same mix it's been growing in, and then pot up nestled within that.