Lights
 

I grew several kinds of orchids under lights some years ago. I had a 2-layer
stand that had two shop lights for each level.. Each shop light had two
40-watt tubes.

Mostly cats and a few phals, but they bloomed faithfully. Aside for watering
and feeding, etc. I had the lights on a timer that was changed so that they
were on about the same length time time as the sun shone. (The plants never
got any direct sun.)

I changed the timer when I noticed a difference between the timer ON and the
length of time that the sun was 'shining'.

Good growing.....
Chris

Thanks for everyone's replies. I'll keep you posted on the results.

Cheers,
Xi

Chris Savas wrote:
I grew several kinds of orchids under lights some years ago. I had a 2-layer
stand that had two shop lights for each level.. Each shop light had two
40-watt tubes.

Mostly cats and a few phals, but they bloomed faithfully. Aside for watering
and feeding, etc. I had the lights on a timer that was changed so that they
were on about the same length time time as the sun shone. (The plants never
got any direct sun.)

I changed the timer when I noticed a difference between the timer ON and the
length of time that the sun was 'shining'.

Good growing.....
Chris

Thanks for everyone's replies. I'll keep you posted on the results.

Cheers,
Xi

Chris Savas wrote:
I grew several kinds of orchids under lights some years ago. I had a 2-layer
stand that had two shop lights for each level.. Each shop light had two
40-watt tubes.

Mostly cats and a few phals, but they bloomed faithfully. Aside for watering
and feeding, etc. I had the lights on a timer that was changed so that they
were on about the same length time time as the sun shone. (The plants never
got any direct sun.)

I changed the timer when I noticed a difference between the timer ON and the
length of time that the sun was 'shining'.

Good growing.....
Chris