Dwarf umbrella tree
Heptapleurum arboricola
- Wants
- Bright indirect
- Tolerates
- Bright direct down to medium
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Pets
- Not safe
Why it wants that
As a forest shrub and occasional epiphyte it grew inside or under a canopy, so the light it is built for is bright but broken - the same 3-4 hours of filtered sun a sheer curtain gives.
Too little light
NOT STATED by any source fetched here. MOBOT records only that outdoors 'It also tolerates bright shade', and NC State attributes it 'Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)' as a tolerated condition without naming a symptom.
Too much
The leaves burn. NC State: 'While it can tolerate some full sun outdoors, as a houseplant, bright, direct light will burn the leaves.'