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Chlorophytum orchidastrum

A broad-leaved forest Chlorophytum of the Guinean and Congolian rainforest belt, from Guinea to Gabon and the Congo basin. It is a shade herb of moist forest floor rather than an open-grassland species, so it wants warm, humid, shaded conditions and an evenly moist root zone with only a short drier spell.

Chlorophytum orchidastrum
Photo: Retama., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Herb of the floor of lowland and submontane moist forest, including secondary forest and forest edges, rooting in leaf litter over humus-rich soil. This is inferred from the dense West and Central African forest records and from what is known for the forest Chlorophytum species; species-specific habitat notes are thin.

Recorded from near sea level to 1800 m, with a median of about 590 m; most records are lowland to low submontane forest.

GuineaSierra LeoneLiberiaIvory CoastGhanaTogoBeninNigeriaCameroonEquatorial GuineaGabonCongoCentral African RepublicDR CongoBurkinaZambia

🔒 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.