Hoodia flava

A spiny, columnar stapeliad of the Great Karoo and Upper Karoo with yellowish flowers. Like other Hoodia it needs intense light, a very mineral mix and sparse, warm-season watering, and it rots quickly if kept cold and wet.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets 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

Recorded on arid Karoo plains and stony slopes in the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape. Hoodia typically grow in open dwarf shrubland, sometimes in the light shelter of a small bush, on shallow stony or gravelly soils.

Climate sites lie at about 670–1270 m; few records carry their own elevation.

South Africa

🔒 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.