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Tradescantia deficiens

A highland Tradescantia from Chiapas in southern Mexico, also listed for Guatemala, recorded mostly from 1300–2000 m. It lives with mild days, cool nights, a very wet summer and a dry winter, so give it moderate light, cool nights and a drier rest in winter.

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 in the ground

Where it grows wild

Probably a herb of montane forest edges and clearings, of the pine-oak and cloud-forest kind. Generalised from the genus and the elevation band.

Recorded at 930–2895 m, median 1810 m (31 records).

Mexico Southeast (Chiapas)Guatemala

🔒 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.