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Dracaena cincta

A Malagasy Dracaena described by Baker in 1875 (also known as Pleomele cincta). Little is published about it and GBIF has no wild records. The profile assumes a shrub of Madagascar's humid-to-seasonal highland forests.

Dracaena cincta
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

No habitat details are available. It is assumed to grow in forest or forest edges in Madagascar, like many Malagasy dracaenas.

No elevation is recorded; the measured site is a single point at 1,352 m in the central highlands.

Madagascar

🔒 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.