Episode 281, part 7: the sun-changing begonia
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Today’s begonia has a special skill: rapidly changing colour when exposed to extra light. Find out why Begonia solimutata deserves a place in my begonia top ten.
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| 1:16.0 | Hello and welcome to part six of my, no, it's not part six, it's part seven. |
| 1:24.2 | Time's moving fast. It's part seven of my top ten begonias. And today I'm going to be talking about the sun-changing begonia, aka Begonia Soly Mutata. |
| 1:32.6 | A begonia with a special skill, as suggested by the name, we'll get into that. |
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