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Plant guide · Rhaphidophora

Rhaphidophora megasperma

At a glance

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$47 for Gorilan, the cheapest form today

Forms

2 forms and cultivars, 1 green, 1 other color type

Light

Still grows at 20 · saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s

Measured on Epipremnum aureum (another genus) C

Forms and cultivars 2

Each form shows its light value and where it was measured: ● on this form itself, ○ on the form or species named in the line. Grades: A Measured directly, B Indirect, C Distant.

Green 1

  • Gorillan

    Still grows at 20, saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s · measured on green Epipremnum aureum C

Other color type 1

  • Gorilanfrom $47

    Still grows at 20, saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s · measured on green Epipremnum aureum C

Light

Still grows at 20 · saturates at 390 µmol/m²/s

Measured on Epipremnum aureum (another genus) C

Still grows at
very dim · ~1,100 lux
Leaves saturate at
some direct sun · ~21,000 lux
The light scale

Scale in µmol/m²/s, linear from 0 to 800. Lux are read as daylight: 1 µmol/m²/s is about 54 lux.

  • Very dim: up to 25
  • Dim to medium: 25–100
  • Bright, no direct midday sun: 100–300
  • Some direct sun: 300–700
  • Direct sun: above 700

Hold a phone light-meter app at the leaf, by day. Lux are read as daylight: 1 µmol/m²/s is about 54 lux. Try , , or lux.