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Succulents Partly documented

Kalanchoe bouvetii

A little-known Kalanchoe endemic to Madagascar, recorded from the dry deciduous forest of the north-west and the far north. Grow it like other western Malagasy kalanchoes: hot, bright and wet in summer, drier in the long dry season.

Kalanchoe bouvetii
Photo: Andrew Hankey https://www.inaturalist.org/people/andrew_hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Records cluster around the north-western lowlands (Mahajanga region) and Antsiranana, a zone of dry deciduous forest, scrub and rocky outcrops; microhabitat inferred from the region and genus.

No elevation data; the sites are lowland.

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.