Tsuh, I grow the species B. boliviensis here in Berkeley, CA. It is tuberous and goes dormant in the winter. It is now only starting to come back. I love the thing. It is easily propagated by cutting and spends most of the first year making a tuber. Nhu On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:45 AM, piaba <piabinha@yahoo.com> wrote: > is this plant tuberous? i just bought a nice sized > pot (labeled Begonia 'Bonfire') the local farmer's > market and it's growing and blooming fairly well at > home. it's a very thirsty plant for sure. > > ========= > tsuh yang > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/