The lighting conditions in a windowless bathroom are not suitable for many plants. Due to the lack of windows, no or very little sunlight enters the room. Plants cannot survive with just the ordinary light in the bathroom. They require an additional artificial light source that provides them with the UV light needed for photosynthesis.
However, there are plants that tend to need less light. These plants are naturally better suited for the dark bathroom.
Especially plants that naturally grow on the forest floor need less light. They are used to the small amount of sunlight due to the shadows of trees and therefore adapt well to the minimal light. Plants that grow in tropical regions also need less light. The canopy in the tropics is very dense, allowing only a limited amount of light to reach the higher leaf layers. They have adapted to the dark lighting conditions over time.
Of course, many other plants are also perfect for a darker bathroom. Just keep in mind the aspects mentioned above and your new houseplant will thrive well in the shadier bathroom.
Originally, Zamioculcas comes from the forests of East Africa. Therefore, it is perfectly suited to the climatic conditions in the bathroom. It requires only a little light to feel comfortable and loves warm temperatures with high humidity. We recommend Zamia also because of its robustness as the optimal houseplant. This plant is almost indestructible and requires no special fertilization or care.
Zamia is wonderfully suited to the conditions in bathrooms and perfect for you if you are looking for an easy-care bathroom plant for a room with less light.
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Originally, Epipremnum aureum comes from Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, as well as the forests of East Africa. As a climbing plant, it is perfect for plant hangers or greening of walls. Furthermore, it is easy to care for and adapts well to the conditions in the bathroom.
Common Ivy is wonderfully suited to the conditions in bathrooms and perfect for you if you are looking for a fast-growing climbing plant for a small bathroom.
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The Cast Iron Plant is also a plant that is well suited for windowless bathrooms. It originally comes from the forests of China and Japan, where it grows on the ground and is therefore used to having only very little light available.
The Cast Iron Plant has a beautiful, lily-of-the-valley-like growth form and brings a nice green touch even to dark bathrooms. The plant is also very easy to care for.
Japanese Aralia is a rather unknown houseplant but still well adapted to moist conditions without much sunlight. It originally comes from the forests of Japan and South Korea, where it grows on the ground. Its leaves have a structure and shape similar to that of the maple tree.
A Japanese Aralia is suitable for the bathroom, even if it has no or only very small windows. However, it should be noted that the plant is toxic. It should therefore be kept away from small children and pets.
Fittonia also requires only a little light and adds color to your bathroom with its reddish colored leaves. It originally comes from the tropical forests of Colombia and is therefore well adapted to the climatic conditions.
Fittonia is clearly recommended. Another advantage is that it can be easily kept in hydroponic cultures.
The Nerve Plant is native to various tropics and subtropics around the world. Therefore, it is also suitable for keeping in bathrooms. It grows with white borders on its leaves and thus has an individual, beautiful look.
The Nerve Plant requires only little light and is therefore also well suited for the bathroom.
The Maidenhair Fern comes from the rainforests of Central and South America. Therefore, it is optimally adapted to the climatic conditions. Since it grows on the ground and does not become very large, it can also thrive well in the shade.
The Maidenhair Fern is suitable for you if you like small-leaved greenery. It is well adapted to the conditions in the bathroom.
You need a lamp that can produce bright UV light while consuming as little electricity as possible. LED grow lights meet these requirements. They work very energy-efficiently and provide sufficient UV light to your plants. Another argument in favor of LEDs is that the lamps produce little to no heat. This eliminates the risk from the lamp.
You should make sure that your plants are evenly illuminated. Otherwise, it can happen that the leaves on one side of the plant die off because they do not get enough light.
You should choose the lighting duration of your plants to correspond to the sunlight hours of the plant's native region. For tropical plants, this can be up to 12 hours a day; for plants from the temperate zones, about 8 hours per day.
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