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Streptocarpus denticulatus

A South African Streptocarpus from the Mpumalanga escarpment around Barberton and Kaapsche Hoop, where it grows on shaded rock in a summer-rainfall climate with a cool, dry winter. Give it bright shade, warm humid summers and a cooler, drier winter.

Streptocarpus denticulatus
Photo: Botanical Magazine, Public domain, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Like other escarpment Streptocarpus it grows on shaded rock faces, boulders and banks in forest patches and kloofs, where moisture seeps and the rock stays cool. Habitat details are generalised from the genus and the record locations.

The recorded sites sit at about 1,100–1,550 m on the Mpumalanga escarpment; few records carry an elevation.

South Africa (Mpumalanga)

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.