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Dyckia brevifolia

A compact, glossy-leaved Dyckia from southern Brazil, known as a rheophyte that grows on rocks in and beside rivers, including the Itajaí basin of Santa Catarina. It wants full sun, warmth, and far more water than most Dyckia, yet roots that never stagnate.

Dyckia brevifolia
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows on rocks in riverbeds and along rapids, where it is periodically submerged by floods; recorded sites cluster along rivers in Santa Catarina and Paraná.

Recorded from 31 to 516 m, median 400 m.

Santa CatarinaParanáBrazil South

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.