It's time to talk about light!
There are a lot of different things said about plants and their light requirements on the internet, so let me clear it up for you. Be prepared, this is quite a lot of text!
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"No light":
Somehow people actually recommend (and ask for) certain plants for windowless spaces with no grow lights. To keep it short, ignore those recommendations. ALL plants need light, and if you can't provide that, maybe try fake plants.
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"Low light":
Low light means far from a window but light still somewhat reaches that space, but the light is way less effective and strong.
You often hear about plants that "thrive" in low light online, but no plants do. Sure they can grow in low light, but the plants don't get enough energy from that. You can see if a plant isn't getting enough light by looking at the internodal spacing (the space between 2 nodes [Nodes are those little bumps on the stem where roots, aerial roots and leaves come out of]). The longer the internodes, the less light. That is because the plants stretch out to reach light.
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"Medium light":
Medium light is a couple feet/meters from a light source like a grow light or a window. A lot of plants are usually okay with that, but most plants seem to enjoy bright, indirect light more than that.
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"Direct light":
Direct light means that the sun is shining directly onto the plant. For a lot of popular houseplants like Monstera for example, this is too harsh. Sure, they can handle a couple hours of direct sunlight, but it can eventually burn and permanently damage the leaves since plant cells don't regenerate.
Tough plants with thick leaves can handle direct light in most cases, and they absolutely thrive off of it!
The more light it gets, the more glucose (sugars) the plant makes via photosynthesis, the more it grows.
A small list of (some) plants that can handle direct light:
Succulents, cacti, Sanseveria Dracaena (Sanseveria is in the Dracaena genus), Americana, Codiaeum, Yucca and more.
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"Bright, indirect light":
Bright, indirect light is that the plant can see the sky, but not the sun. Usually this light is achieved infront of a window or on a windowsill facing North.
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