Floor Lamps for Floor Plants

Pablo Cortina lamp from DesignPublic.com

It is unlikely that these lamps would supply enough light for large floor plants but they look like they could. A long time ago, I made a floor lamp from a sonotube standing on end with a 4' fluorescent shop light inside. I cut an opening for the light and muted it with a piece of plastic diffuser. All of this was purchased from Home Depot and it was relatively easy to make. 

The important point is that it works. You can supply enough light to support healthy growth of a Ficus benjamina tree with a vertical lamp like this. It is, in fact, better than overhead light. The light is distributed to the full length of the foliage, not just the top. 

 

Rotate the tree periodically to even out the new growth and maintain its symmetry. Think of the lamp as an artificial window.  Connect it to a timer so that the lamp comes on when the room is unoccupied if you prefer. The plant won't care. 

It would be relatively easy for a lighting manufacturer to produce fluorescent floor lamps like these. Once again, it's a problem of education. Overhead fluorescent plant lighting is very common but using it vertically is out of the box thinking. 

I'm going to contact a lighting manufacturer here in Brooklyn and see if they would build some prototype models for beta testing. Would you be interested in something like this? 

Comments

[Andrea Evans]

Woow..stylish floor lamp.i want these to decor my home

[laminate flooring]

The lamp is installed on floor?