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Hechtia montana

A spiny, dioecious terrestrial bromeliad forming dense rosette colonies on rocky slopes in Baja California Sur and Sonora. Grow it like an agave: full sun, heat, and very little water outside the late-summer rains.

Hechtia montana
Photo: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows on rocky hillsides and canyon slopes in Sonoran Desert scrub and dry thorn forest.

Recorded elevations are 10–1295 m, median 500 m.

Mexico (Baja California Sur)Mexico (Sonora)

🔒 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 CC0 licence, unmodified.