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Succulents Partly documented

Selenicereus hamatus

A climbing, night-blooming cactus from central and southern Mexico with ridged stems bearing hook-like projections and huge, fragrant white flowers. Grow it like a hemi-epiphyte: bright filtered light, a support to climb, a summer wet season and a drier winter.

Selenicereus hamatus
Photo: Mary Crowell (please credit her if using the image), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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 restClimber

Where it grows wild

Seasonally dry to semi-humid forest and scrub, scrambling over trees, rocks and shrubs with aerial roots.

Recorded from 1,123 to 1,456 m, median about 1,310 m.

Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico Southwest

🔒 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 2.5 licence, unmodified.