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Need Advice - Growing orchids under lights

adamg12
9 years ago

Hey everyone!

So I recently moved to a town up North (56 degrees N), and I had to bring my orchids with me. Because of the lack of sun I had to buy some grow lights to supplement the natural light.

I put my orchids (1 oncidium, 7 phals) near a window, so they get about 8 hours of slightly dim natural light. I installed two reflective clamp lights with one warm and one cool - both 100w bulbs (1600 lumens).

My oncidium is placed in the middle so it receives more light because it's taller, and i propped up my mini orchids high to receive more light. Couple pictures below of the whole set-up. The lights are on for 13 hours.

Is 2 bulbs and some natural light enough to provide enough light for the orchids for normal growth and flowering? Any advice on this matter would be very helpful! Thanks for the responses!