String of pearls
Curio rowleyanus
- Wants
- Bright indirect
- Tolerates
- Bright direct down to medium
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Pets
- Not safe
Why it wants that
It is a succulent that evolved trailing along the ground rather than standing up in the open, so it wants a succulent's light budget delivered mostly as bright ambient rather than as beating overhead sun.
Too little light
The beads space further and further apart along the strand, leaving visible bare stem between them, and new beads come smaller and paler.
Too much
The beads exposed on top scorch, going brown and papery, while the shaded ones underneath stay green.