Sedum lucidum

A shrubby stonecrop with glossy, fleshy green leaves from the mountains around Orizaba in Veracruz and Puebla, widely grown as an easy ornamental. It comes from mild, fairly humid slopes at about 1,300–1,500 m with a drier winter and wet summer, and does well in bright light with moderate water.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Records come from slopes and cliffs in the Orizaba area. It grows as a small branching subshrub on rocks and steep banks; habitat detail beyond the localities is generalised from the genus.

Recorded at 1,275–1,500 m, median about 1,420 m (4 records).

Mexico Gulf

🔒 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.