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Zamia obliqua

Zamia obliqua, called chigua locally, is a cycad of the very wet lowland rainforest of the Chocó region in western Colombia and eastern Panama. It wants constant warmth, high humidity, shade and steady moisture, with no dry season.

Zamia obliqua
Photo: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A terrestrial understory cycad of tropical moist lowland forest, among the rainiest forests on earth.

Mostly 15 to about 700 m, median 140 m; a single record near 1,860 m is an outlier.

ColombiaPanamá

🔒 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.