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Originally Posted by jkofferdahl
Interesting. Where I live, "North" is certainly a dirty word! Maybe for different reasons....
The window is huge and you're on a 7th floor where it is unobstructed. I can only figure that between the lack of obstruction and the size of the window, despite the exposure it is getting enough in terms of length and overall intensity. Somehow.
I have no idea is this is a decent equivalent, but I'm going to liken it to a camera using film. In bright light the only way the camera can produce a picture is to have a very tiny iris setting and a very fast exposure speed. More than that and the picture burns out, but properly set the camera produces a beautiful image. When the light is lower, the same camera can still produce an equally beautiful image but to do so it needs a wide-open iris and a slow exposure. Perhaps your window is wide enough that it allows in enough light for your plants to produce.
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Got home from work and measured that window. Over 6 feet wide and 10 feet long (floor to ceiling type).
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Originally Posted by PaphMadMan
With a completely unobstructed north window I was able to bloom Paph Maudiae 'The Queen' regularly, and Ornithophora radicans was in bloom almost continuously for 3 years. Those may not be surprising. But Prosthechea cochleata and Epidendrum pseudepidendrum both bloomed 3 years in a row, in the center of the window right up against the glass. Not abundantly, but they bloomed, so Catt alliance plants aren't impossible.
The larger the window, and the more reflective the surrounding surfaces and the room in general, the better. And keep the window clean.  |
So there's hope!!!!!! O
and boy oh boy do I keep that window squeaky clean, had to buy a ladder to do it - but I did and that window gets cleaned every two weeks whether it looks like it needs it or not.
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Originally Posted by chiirioz
Hmm.. I guess my office experiment will end in a fail then. I just got a large white NOID as a gift for Admin's day a few weeks ago. I repotted her in lava rock and bark and she still has lots of flowers.
I am lucky to have a full window in the office but it is tinted and north facing. The orchid is under T8 fluorescent lights... about 4 ish feet below? I am hoping this with regular watering will help it maintain it's flowers... but I guess I will take it home after it drops the blooms. (Here's my setup: LINK)
Most of my phals are in very bright, direct, South-facing light and have been hardened to these brighter conditions... I just did not really want ANOTHER phal... and a giant one at that. Was planning to stick to minis. Oh well!
samgeo, if this current North-facing setup is working for you and you have gotten reblooms, I say, why change it? Your orchids seem happy to give a spike and rebloom so I don't think a North window is a death sentence. |
This last paragraph... You're absolutely right. Listen to the plants more than to the books. My new mantra. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by marylandmike
Check out Manu's post Growing Under Lights. The orchids grow well and the setup looks beautiful
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Agreed. An awesome set up. Very steam punkish... Love it. I think adding lights can't hurt... off I go this weekend, shopping for proper lighting.
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