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Chlorophytum glaucum

A blue-grey-leaved Chlorophytum of the northern Western Ghats and Deccan in India. It is a monsoon herb: it sprouts from fleshy roots when the June rains arrive, flowers and fruits in the wet months, and spends the long hot dry season underground, so a strict dry dormancy is essential in cultivation.

Chlorophytum glaucum
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Most records come from the Sahyadri hills around Pune and Satara, where monsoon Chlorophytum grow in grassy slopes, open scrub and lateritic plateau soils. Habitat details are inferred from the sites and related Indian species.

Few records give an elevation; climate sites lie between about 340 and 1015 m.

India

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.