Beaucarnea hookeri
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🌸flower (1)
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Beaucarnea hookeri

Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun Toxicity: low
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–8
Hardiness
Zone 9–11
Click count
7
Observations
19

Care Guide

💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun

Beaucarnea hookeri is native to open habitats, such as sunny meadows and forest edges, which offer abundant light. It prefers Full Sun but can also tolerate Partial Sun, adapting well to different sunlight conditions.

Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C

Beaucarnea hookeri comes from tropical areas, where the climate is generally warm and humid. As a result, it is well suited to high temperatures and humidity. It dislikes sudden temperature changes and prefers a stable thermal environment, so it is important to avoid temperature fluctuations indoors. It typically cannot tolerate cold conditions and needs higher temperatures to grow. If the ambient temperature falls too low, the plant may stop growing or even die.

Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-8
Soil pH: 6-8
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity

Characteristics

Plant Type
Succulent, Tree
Life Cycle
Perennial
Genus
Beaucarnea
Family
Asparagaceae
Hardiness Zone
9-11
Mature Height
3.05 m to 6.1 m
Mature Spread
1.52 m to 3.05 m
Leaf Color
Light Green, Green
Leaf Type
Evergreen
Flower Color
White
Flower Size
0.25 cm to 0.51 cm
Bloom Time
Early summer, Mid summer
Planting Time
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Harvest Time
Late summer, Early fall, Mid fall
Native Area
Mexico

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