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Ceratozamia sabatoi

A small, endangered cycad (CITES Appendix I) of pine-oak forest in Hidalgo and Querétaro, known from only two localities. It has a short subterranean-to-low trunk and two to six prickly leaves up to 80 cm long. It comes from cool highlands with cold, dry winters, unlike most lowland Ceratozamia.

Ceratozamia sabatoi
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets 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

Understory of pine-oak forest with hackberry, hickory and black cherry, on slopes in the Sierra Madre Oriental of central Mexico.

Recorded from about 730 to 2,430 m, median about 1,850 m; the highest values may come from misplaced records.

HidalgoQuerétaroMexico Northeast

🔒 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.