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Succulents Partly documented

Coleocephalocereus aureus

A small columnar cactus with golden spines that grows on bare granite and gneiss outcrops in northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil, and forms a woolly flowering cephalium when mature. It needs heat, strong light and a warm winter, with a pronounced dry season.

Coleocephalocereus aureus
Photo: Rosario, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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 on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Crevices and soil pockets on exposed granite and gneiss inselbergs rising from dry forest and caatinga-like scrub.

Recorded from about 150 to 950 m, median 650 m.

Brazil

🔒 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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