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Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus

A slender columnar cactus from eastern Brazil, mainly Bahia, with bluish stems and few ribs. It grows in caatinga scrub and on rock outcrops in a warm climate that never gets cold, so it wants strong sun, warmth all year and a drier winter rest.

Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus
Photo: The_Cactaceae_Vol_II,_plate_IV_filtered.jpg: Mary Emily Eaton (1873-1961)Daniel Schweich for the filtred image. derivative work: Succu (talk), 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 Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Columnar cactus of caatinga thorn scrub, dry forest edges and granite or sandstone outcrops, often among shrubs that give young plants some shelter. Generalised in part from the genus.

Recorded from near sea level to about 1,100 m, median about 450 m.

Brazil NortheastBrazil Southeast

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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.