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Gasteria nitida

A variable Gasteria from Eastern Cape grassland and fynbos that has rough, two-ranked juvenile leaves and smooth, glossy adult rosettes. The neotenic armstrongii form belongs here. It handles full sun or partial shade, a mild humid coastal climate and rain in all seasons.

Gasteria nitida
Photo: HelenaH, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Rocky hill slopes in grassland, grassy fynbos and renosterveld on poor quartz sands; often among grasses or low shrubs.

Few records carry an elevation; the climate sites are at 90–890 m.

Eastern CapeWestern Cape

🔒 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.