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Old 04-06-2007, 06:52 AM
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I don't have pics to post yet, but here is a deiescription of my indoor area. I have a four foot by three foot shelf under a western window. The window is shaded by a twentyfoot wide porch so it gets light but no sun. Ihave two fourfoot shoplights, each having a "warm" bulb and a "cool" bulb in them plus a clamp on light with a cfl "daylight" bulb amimed directly at the minicatts.
I use wire shelving to adjust how close the plants are to the lights. During the summer I move all but paphs outside to the porch and start bringing them in as the nights get colder. The phals come in first, then the oncs, then the catts with the zygo staying outside until very late in the year.
Once back inside I have a series of blooms going most of the fall, winter and spring.
Hope this helps
Judy
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