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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Dracaena umbraculifera

Umbrella dracaena

A small Malagasy tree whose narrow leaves spread from the stem tips like an umbrella. For decades it was known only from botanical gardens, mislabelled as coming from Mauritius, and the IUCN declared it extinct in 1997. It was then found wild in north-eastern Madagascar, including Île Sainte-Marie, and DNA work published in 2018 confirmed its Malagasy origin. It needs warm, humid, bright-shade conditions all year.

Dracaena umbraculifera
Photo: Dracaenaworldwide, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Wild plants were found in 2013 in several localities in north-eastern Madagascar, including Île Sainte-Marie and Île aux Nattes. No detailed field notes were found. The recorded sites are low-lying humid coastal and forest areas of the east coast.

36 records carry elevations from 2 to 465 m, median 111 m, so it is a lowland species.

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.