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Ceratozamia chinantlensis

A Mexican cycad named after La Chinantla in northern Oaxaca, a very wet region of montane and cloud forest. Like other forest Ceratozamia it is an understory plant that wants shade, mild temperatures, humid air and a rich but free-draining soil.

Ceratozamia chinantlensis
Photo: Pérez-Farrera et al. (2024), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Assumed from the region and genus: understory of humid evergreen and cloud forest, often on slopes with rocky or limestone soils.

No recorded elevations were available; forest Ceratozamia in the Chinantla grow mostly in mid-elevation humid forest, roughly 500 to 1,500 m.

Mexico

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.