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Dracaena thalioides

Dracaena thalioides is a 19th-century horticultural name; Wikipedia, following Kew, treats D. thalioides as a synonym of Dracaena aubryana, the lance dracaena of west-central tropical Africa. Grow it as a warm, humid forest understory shrub like D. aubryana.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

As D. aubryana it is an erect shrub of 0.5–2.5 m, native to west-central tropical Africa; the Cameroon and Gabon records are lowland forest sites.

Wild records from 14 to 950 m, median about 550 m.

CameroonGabonCongoDR Congo

🔒 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.