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Chlorophytum laxum

A small, grassy Chlorophytum with narrow leaves, slender flower stems and tiny white flowers, spread widely across tropical Asia, northern Australia and southern Arabia. It grows among grasses in monsoon savanna and open woodland, actively in the wet season, and dies back to fleshy roots when the soil dries.

Chlorophytum laxum
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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

Open eucalypt woodland, savanna and grassland, often on sandy or seasonally damp ground, rocky slopes and disturbed areas, shaded lightly by grasses and scattered trees.

Recorded at 30-1,500 m, median 460 m (37 records); most Australian records are lowland.

Northern TerritoryQueenslandWestern AustraliaChina SoutheastHainanIndiaSri LankaBangladeshMyanmarThailandVietnamMalayaSumateraJawaBorneoOman

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✓ 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 CC0 licence, unmodified.