| Hello everyone: new member here so I hope you don't mind my jumping right in. I grew many (many = 100+) Paphs, Phrags, and Coelogyne under 2 flourescent bulbs quite successfully for years. I did not use special broad spectrum or "gro" lights, I simply used one "cool" (blue) flourescent tube and one "warm" (yellow/red) tube in a 2-tube fixture. The tubes were about 1 foot form the plants. I used an ordinary light timer (like you get for when you go on vacation) to regulate the length of the artifical day, about 16 hours in the summer, about 14 in the winter. I had quite good success with this system and bloomed quite a few plants. Happy Growing! |