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Originally Posted by LLW

Sorry to be away so long. It is obvious I need to catch up. The office move and settling in took forever. I just thought I would drop a note after all the help I got on setting up lights for my orchids since my new office has no windows.

I read all the info and was worried when the general advice is that you need at least four foot lights. I do not have room in my office for shelves with lights that long. I though well why not try something that will fit and see what happens. I found some really nice chrome wire shelves that are 3 feet wide and 2 feet deep. I found four shop light fixtures that are 2 feet long and hold two flourescent bulbs. I set up two of the five shelves with two fixtures each and put a "warm" and a "cool" bulb in each one and set them all on a timer. I selected eight of my small to medium lower light orchids for the office and the rest came home. I have been there since October and so far none have started to look light starved, one Phal. has bloomed gloriously, one mini Catt. has a bloom spike, one Encycl. is adding new growth and looks like it "might" be going to spike. I love the lights!!!! This is my first experience but so far it looks to be working! Thanks for the help. Lashelle

Congratulations! Sounds like they like your lights. Can we see pics when they open up?