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Agave ocahui

A small, neat Agave from the Sonoran foothills of northwest Mexico, around 550 to 1200 m. Its home is very hot in early summer, gets monsoon rain from July to September and has cool, mostly dry winters with frosty nights, so it is one of the hardier small Agaves.

Agave ocahui
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Assumed from the measured range and the genus: rocky slopes in desert scrub and grassland in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Sonora.

Recorded from 541 to 1220 m, median about 1070 m.

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🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.