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Peniocereus striatus

A Sonoran Desert night-blooming cactus with pencil-thin grey-green stems that climb through desert shrubs from a tuberous root. Grow it hot and bright with summer water, keep the tuber dry and above freezing in winter, and give the stems something to lean on.

Peniocereus striatus
Photo: Manfred Figge, 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 restClimber

Where it grows wild

Lowland desert scrub and thornscrub in Sonora, Baja California Sur and southern Arizona, where stems scramble through nurse shrubs that shade the base.

Mostly coastal plains and low hills, median about 110 m; recorded up to about 1,000 m.

Mexico (Baja California Sur)Mexico (Sonora)Mexico (Sinaloa)United States (Arizona)

🔒 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.