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Chlorophytum fischeri

A little-recorded East African Chlorophytum from mid-elevation woodland and grassland in Zambia and Tanzania. Like its relatives it is a fleshy-rooted herb that grows through the hot wet summer and rests through a long, cool, almost rainless dry season, so the yearly wet and dry rhythm matters more than anything else.

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Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Wild records come from plateau country of the Zambezian region, where the genus typically grows in miombo woodland, wooded grassland and rocky slopes. The detail here is generalised from the genus and the measured sites, not from species-specific accounts.

Recorded from 450 to 1830 m, median about 1240 m.

ZambiaTanzaniaMalawi

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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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