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Cycas maconochiei

A sun-loving, fire-tolerant cycad of the Northern Territory's Top End savanna, with three subspecies. It grows in a monsoon rhythm: hot and wet from December to March, then months of almost no rain.

Cycas maconochiei
Photo: Rantz Alot, CC BY 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 Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A terrestrial cycad of open eucalypt woodland and savanna on sandy or lateritic soils in the monsoonal Top End, where it resprouts after dry-season fires. The habitat is inferred from the many lowland records and from the genus in northern Australia.

Recorded at 40–240 m (median about 100 m) in the lowlands.

Northern TerritoryAustralia

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.