Sign in Start free
Species library › Ceratozamia › Ceratozamia mexicana
Other Well documented

Ceratozamia mexicana

A Mexican cycad of the moist montane and lowland forests of the eastern Sierra Madre, centred on central Veracruz. It wants warm days, mild nights, dappled shade and a real dry spell in late winter and spring. It is CITES Appendix I and IUCN Vulnerable, so buy only nursery-raised plants.

Ceratozamia mexicana
Photo: PeregrinusX, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in the understory of humid montane forest (oak and cloud forest) and moist lowland forest, often on rocky slopes.

Records span 18–2,621 m, median about 1,260 m.

MexicoVeracruzPueblaHidalgoSan Luis PotosíQuerétaro

🔒 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

Grow Ceratozamia mexicana? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Ceratozamia

Ceratozamia hildae Ceratozamia chimalapensis Ceratozamia morettii Ceratozamia sabatoi Ceratozamia alvarezii Ceratozamia kuesteriana Ceratozamia whitelockiana Ceratozamia becerrae Ceratozamia latifolia Ceratozamia matudae Ceratozamia miqueliana Ceratozamia mirandae All 43 →

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.