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Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis

Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis
Photo: JonTheSucculentDude, CC BY-SA 4.0

Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis is a slow-growing, sprawling, thorny succulent shrub from the dry forests of southern Madagascar, in the Didiereaceae family. It needs strong light, very sparing water and a dry winter rest.

Family
Didiereaceae (Didiere family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and keep almost dry while the plant is leafless in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining sandy or cactus-type mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Madagascar (near Tulear)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis is a plant native to the Didiera forests of Madagascar first described in 1934.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alluaudiopsis fiherenensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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