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Succulents Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Orbea decaisneana

A low, clump-forming stapeliad (formerly Caralluma decaisneana) from the arid fringe of the western Sahara and Sahel. We have no usable wild records or measured climate, so this profile is built from the genus and its desert habitat: hot, bright, mostly dry, with a short summer rainy season.

Orbea decaisneana
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 Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Inferred: grows among stones and at the base of shrubs in hot desert and semi-desert scrub, where nurse shrubs give some shade.

No elevation data; believed to be a lowland plant of plains and low hills.

Northwest AfricaWest Tropical 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.