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Old 02-16-2012, 01:17 PM
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I grow under fluorescent lights and would like a phragmipedium. I can control the temperature these are the temperatures that I have:
Day temps: 75F, 80F, or 85F
Night temps: 65F or 60F

My lights are 40 watt, Sylvania-Gro-Lux, 2 tube fixture. I also grow 2 no ID phals under there and a Paph. delenatii and a Paph. Magical Venus.
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I grow all my phrags under T8 lights - 4foot tubes, 4 to 6
tubes per shelf. Same grow area where my catts bloom.

You will get them to grow under 2 tubes, but blooming might be another story.
Do you have any CFL'S?
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I do have some cfl's and fixtures.
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I was thinking about upgrading to a four tube fixture. Can phrags be grown and bloomed under these lights?If so, what is a good beginner phrag? Phrag. percie? (or however you spell it)
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Some phrags get pretty big. Take a look at the Woodstream orchids website, and Bill and Lynn are doing some really interesting breeding in miniatures.

At the paph forum last Saturday, they have some blooming phrags that were less than a foot tall.
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I've seen a few phrags at orchid society meetings that weren't too big (1-1.5ft I guess), unfortunately I can't remember the exact grex, but they were in the besseae lineage. The plant didn't have many growths on it, and I suspect had the potential to get quite a bit bigger.
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