PLATE 03 · WAREHOUSE LOFT
The sun has left every room for today.
15:00 · sun 33° · 0 of 2 rooms in sun51.5°N · 19 Sep · clear sky
Every room, this minute
Clear sky · hours of direct sun anywhere on the room’s floor, found by the same test that draws the gold in the render above.
The same rooms, all year
One mid-month day per cell · clear sky · direct beam at the sunniest point on each room’s floor.
Every plant, where it stands
5 standing · 1 getting by · 3 want moving
Boston fernMezzanine0.0h
Low this month
Forest-floor light is dim and indirect; fronds have no defence against direct sun.
Fronds thin out and the centre of the plant stops producing new growth.
Nephrolepis exaltata · Humid forest floor in the tropical Americas, in dappled shade.
Fiddle leaf figUnder the gable window1.2h
Bright indirect this month · Medium from Oct
It begins as an epiphyte near the canopy, so it expects strong light and sulks without it.
Drops lower leaves one at a time and leans hard toward the window.
Ficus lyrata · Lowland West African rainforest, where it starts life high in another tree.
MonsteraBelow the first high window1.3h
Bright indirect this month · Bright direct from Oct
It grows up trees toward light but under a canopy, so it is built for bright, broken light rather than open sun.
Leaves stop splitting and come in small and whole; stems stretch toward the window.
Monstera deliciosa · Understorey of Central American rainforest, climbing toward gaps in the canopy.
PothosBelow the second0.0h
Low this month · Medium from Oct
Adapted to dim broken light under trees; it will live almost anywhere and grow faster where it is brighter.
Variegation fades to plain green and the vines go leggy between leaves.
Epipremnum aureum · Forest understorey in the Society Islands, trailing and climbing in broken shade.
Snake plantFar corner0.0h
Low this month · Medium from Nov
It tolerates almost anything because it evolved where the light is unreliable and the water more so.
Growth stops entirely, but it will sit unchanged for a year before complaining.
Dracaena trifasciata · Dry rocky ground in West Africa, full sun to deep shade.
Fit is a month-long question, read at the plant’s own spot. It does not move with the hour rail.
The brightest spot in a room is found once, over the whole year, so every reading of that room is of the same square metre.