[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

I have been keeping an eye open for hints on Phal forcing in my reading and shuffling thru old notes. So one more trick. Appearently, in the phals native habitat, winter is a time of HIGH light. Probably has to do with either a lot less cloud cover, or that they grow on deciduous trees. At any rate, I found several recomendations to 'change to new fluorescent tubes' in Aug or Sept, and to move the plants closer to the tubes during this time. Apparently this is an important pattern used in the commercial industry to kick off the bloom cycle in Phals. Good luck to all who have yet to get spikes, including a couple of mine. Think I will move mine to the south and very bright end of the GH, and a lot lower down, but not so low that the light gets cut off from the surrounding benches.