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Beaucarnea guatemalensis

A tree-forming ponytail-palm relative from the seasonally dry forests of Guatemala and Nicaragua, growing a swollen trunk and broad leaf rosettes. It wants full sun, warmth, heavy watering in the wet season and a clearly drier winter.

Beaucarnea guatemalensis
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Seasonally dry tropical forest and scrub on rocky slopes, where it grows as an emergent small tree in open or broken canopy.

Recorded at about 800 to 1,600 m, median 800 m.

GuatemalaNicaragua

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.