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Dioon califanoi

An endangered cycad of the mountains of northern Oaxaca and adjacent Puebla, around Teotitlán and Huautla de Jiménez, with a short trunk and stiff, spiny pinnate leaves. It grows on steep slopes with a wet summer and a dry, cool winter; give it bright light and very good drainage.

Dioon califanoi
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets 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

Steep rocky slopes in seasonally dry oak and pine-oak woodland and dry scrub of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, as is typical of montane Dioon.

Recorded from 892 to 2324 m, median about 1590 m.

OaxacaPueblaMexico

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.