Crassula morrumbalensis

A Crassula described in 1982 from the Serra da Morrumbala, an isolated mountain in Zambézia, Mozambique, and known from only two collections. Nothing specific is published on its habitat; it is best treated as a plant of rocky outcrops with a hot, wet summer and a cooler dry winter, like other tropical African Crassulas of inselbergs.

At home, aim for

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 on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Both GBIF records are from Massingire on the Serra da Morrumbala. The mountain's rocky slopes and outcrops are the likely habitat, but the labels say nothing about microhabitat, so this is inferred.

No elevation is recorded; the Serra da Morrumbala rises from about 100 m to over 1100 m, so the plant could be at any height on it.

Mozambique

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.