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Begonia 'Curly Fireflush'

Curly Fireflush Begonia

High
LightBright indirect light, no direct sun
High
HumidityModerate to high (55-70%)
Average
Temperature18-24°C
Medium
SizeMedium (25-40 cm)
Medium
Growth RateModerate
Moderate
DifficultyRewards a consistent watering and light routine, but tolerates the occasional lapse. Suited to growers with some houseplant experience.
Hybrid£ · CommonMediumRhizomatous begonia hybrid.
£15· 7cm plant

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Begonia 'Curly Fireflush' Morphology

leaf ShapeLarge, spiral/curled
leaf Length15-22 cm
leaf Width12-18 cm
petiole ColorRed-bronze
venationObscured by the curled leaf form
textureSemi-matte
variegationN/A: dark red-bronze centre and margin on a green base, a fixed cultivar trait
growth HabitUpright rhizomatous

About Begonia 'Curly Fireflush'

Curly Fireflush grows from an upright rhizome into large, distinctively spiral-shaped green leaves with a dark red-bronze centre and margin. The tightly curled leaf form is unusual even among rhizomatous begonias, and mature plants produce fragrant, pale pink flowers.

Market Analysis

Begonia 'Curly Fireflush' Price Guide & Auction Value

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Before You Buy

Species-specific things to check when evaluating a listing

  • Confirm the leaves show the tight spiral/curl described for this cultivar; a flatter or only mildly wavy leaf suggests a weak specimen or a different plant
  • Check that the dark red-bronze colouring sits at the leaf centre and margin against a green mid-zone, not washed evenly across the whole blade
  • Ask whether the rhizome is upright rather than creeping: this cultivar's stated growth habit is upright rhizomatous, not a low spreading form
  • This species prefers bright indirect light with no direct sun; check for scorch or bleaching on the reddish margin if the plant has been kept in strong light
  • No tracked median price yet for this cultivar, so treat a listed asking price as one seller's figure rather than a verified market rate
Field Notes · Vol. 111 August 2026

A Begonia Grown for Its Shape, Not Just Its Pattern

Curly Fireflush is one of the few rhizomatous begonias grown specifically for a curled leaf shape rather than a flat patterned one: the dark red-bronze colouring sits at the leaf centre and margin, green in between, and the blade spirals tightly instead of lying flat. Its growth habit is listed as upright rhizomatous, not low and spreading, so it wants more vertical room than that habit name alone might suggest. *One practical note*: there's no tracked median price for this cultivar yet in our data, so treat any single listing's asking price as one seller's figure rather than a confirmed market range.

Written at AroidAtlas research station— Aroid Atlas
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How prices are calculated: The AA Price uses online sold listings converted to GBP at current exchange rates, excluding extreme outliers to ensure a fair-value guide. Falls back to UK retail average when auction data is unavailable.