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Chlorophytum cooperi

A common South African grassland Chlorophytum, with over 600 wild records from Gauteng and Mpumalanga to KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini. It is a summer-rainfall plant with narrow, grassy leaves and fleshy roots that grows in the warm wet summer and rests through the cold, dry Highveld winter.

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

Grows in open grassland, often on rocky slopes and among other grasses, across the summer-rainfall eastern half of South Africa. Inferred from the record distribution and genus; no species-specific page was reachable.

The few elevation-tagged records are 1,250–1,680 m, but sites near the KwaZulu-Natal coast run down to about 700 m.

South AfricaEswatini

🔒 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.