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Tradescantia guiengolensis

A rare spiderwort named after Cerro Guiengola on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, where it is known from only a few records. The area is hot tropical deciduous forest on limestone with a long dry season, so it should be grown warm with a dry winter.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Assumed from the locality and genus: tropical dry deciduous forest and limestone hillsides, in leaf litter and rock crevices under a canopy that drops its leaves in the dry season.

No recorded elevations; the sites lie roughly between 100 and 500 m.

Mexico 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.