title: Begonia bowerae
text: # Begonia bowerae
  
  Begonia bowerae, the eyelash begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Oaxaca and Chiapas states of Mexico. A popular houseplant, a number of cultivars are available.
  
  * 'Bethlehem Star' cultivar
  * 'Rubra' cultivar, showing "eyelashes"
  * 'Nigra Magra' cultivar
  * Wild-type at the Dresden Botanical Garden
  * Flowers of putative variety roseflora
  * Younger leaves are redder
  