I was gifted a Begonia flower pot about two months ago (my very first houseplant, so I’m a newbie.) It’s been flourishing fine until yesterday and suddenly there’s an issue: one stem has (almost) cut off all three of its child stems by itself (hopefully I’m making sense!) I’ve been watering it about once a week when the soil looks dry, and watered it yesterday. Today I noticed some stems drooping and some leaves and flowers wilting. The dying ones are the three stems coming out of one big stem (the rightmost one in the first photo) and all three stems are half way cut off of the main stem. They just aren’t connected well to the main stem anymore. The last photo is what it looks like when I’m not holding it up/it’s not being leaned on.
The other stems, leaves, and flowers are doing fine. In fact, the big middle stem is joined to the right one (the problematic one) at the base, so they must be sharing the same root, right? But the middle stem is just fine.
What shall I do?? Please help!
by soseono
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Im pretty new to begonia but my guess would be the plant is unable to support that new growth for some reason & is sacrificing it. Those stems look pretty large & mature- does it need to be repotted? Is it getting suitable light & water? I would assume one of those three is the culprit.