Discocactus fariae-peresii

A small, flattened Discocactus from the cerrado uplands of eastern Goiás, Brazil, recorded at about 1,100–1,250 m. It wants full sun, a gritty sandy mineral mix, warm days all year and a dry winter with cool nights, but it is more frost-tender than most cacti.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Little is published on this species; the genus grows in open cerrado and campo rupestre on quartz sand and gravel, half-buried among grasses and rocks.

Records lie at 1,080–1,242 m on the central Brazilian plateau.

BrazilGoiás

🔒 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.