To bloom
any kind of orchid, you will need the equivalent of full sun - 10000 fc. But 99% of the "high light" orchids, you need about 3000 fc. I grow by a window, and supplement with 8 26W daylight CFL's (I guessed). In order to know
exactly what you need, you will have to do some math.
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