Hello Jimmy, I have several orchids and I put all of them outside. Because Spring is variable here in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I keep mine in a screen-in porch to acclimate the plants and "harden-off". When there is no longer the possibility of frost (tomato planting weather) they all spend the summer outside on my deck where they get lots of weather but bright, in direct light. For the three months they live outside, they grow very well.