Begonia sutherlandia Family: Begoniaceae Common Name(s): Grown by: David Feix, Berkeley Etymology: Begonia - Michel Bégon 1638-1710, governer of French Canada and a patron of botany Sutherlandii - James Sutherland 1639-1719 professor of botany at Edinbugh and superintendant of the botanical garden Found in deep, damp forest shade in canyons near streams growing near Streptocarpus in the Eastern escarpment from Drakensberg Mountains north. Reproduces via small vegetative propagules. Appreciates dappled light and moist, organic soil. .. Photo by Steve Morse