My
one cent worth, Erik:
Photo #1, great bright window (open the shade
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). The mirror is an excellent way to "spread" bright light across a room.
I'm forever moving furniture, bookcases, shelves around. I would put plants on that window wall (but not on the floor). Either move the table or add unused bookcase shelving, etc. And if you put enough plants on the shelves, smaller ones closest to window, larger towards room center, you won't need to pull the shade, except at night to prevent heat loss (barely-heated room). The palm closest to camera (robusta? filifera? can't tell) is too far from the window, and you likely wouldn't have a light bulb on during the day, so move it closer to natural light. And the Washy in front of the mirror is too high. If room were rearranged, it would get natural light on its fronds as well as a bit on top of its container. Palm leaves need light, the root zone doesn't (if the window isn't tall).
Photo #2. Great Triangle!!!! bigger than my 3 triangles. To me, winter is a time to rearrange plants for their benefit (versus my decorating choices)...i.e. closer to a light source, preferrably natural, or a grow light. Looks like he's happy there, or is that bright light just the camera flash? I would never go to the expense of buying a light meter for a camera, but I use a guide...if it's too dark for me to read a book on a cloudy day...it's too dark for plants to sit there all winter. Pretty general "info" but it works for me...my plants both in the cold building and in the house are all within 3 feet of a window (even a little closer on north windows...very few plants there!). Winter light is best, naturally, on a south facing window, next would be east and (in my view, west a little less preferred), then north.
Photo #3. This is worrisome because of the plant choices there and the fact that plants have to "wait" all day for west light (east is slightly better, and never overheats a plant). You can readily see from pic that (fishtail, orange? olive or oleander?) get natural light sufficient for 3 or 4 plants there. Actually the orange and PDP could be in the ballroom (they like a cool bright winter). The Bizzie needs a lot more light, the fixture would be more effective suspended horizontally over the plants (I know...I know! it's a pain in a living space...). If I recall, you kept the Bizzie in the ballroom last winter, but in the house is best especially since you said its spear pulled. Just not up against a natural gas furnace vent. Homes normally have windows with heating vents under/beside them, which can be a problem with plants. They hate the blast of hot dry air when the furnace kicks in. My orange is in the cold building, my PDP is in the house in medium light (which they don't mind...often used in offices etc). But with PDP spear pull too...don't know whether keeping it really cool would be better...
Come on, folks, Erik's plants need more input than this (pooh-poohing my suggestions is OK as always!)
...you're forgiven if you're out buying your wives a nice Christmas present!
Barb
Edit...should'a said my grapefruit is in the cold building, I forgot that my calamondin oranges are both dead.
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