North = 5 letter dirty word?

[samgeo]

Hello,

Guilty of buying orchids BEFORE researching their needs. 100% guilty and hanging my head in shame. I face North – I’ll stop here a moment to let you finishing laughing…

Ok… at the moment, I get about ½ hour of sun as it’s rising in the morning. Everything I’ve read says that North = worst window to place an orchid. I feel sick to my stomach every time I read it.

I know… what’s bright to my eyes, may not be bright for orchids…. I get that. But here’s the thing… some of my orchids have grown, spiked and bloomed in my North facing windows. (Cattleya, Cymidium, Zygopetalum (spike w/6 buds right now), Paphiopedilum, Epicylia, Oncidiums, Bellina hybrid, Sedirea japonica, Phragmapedium and Psychopsis.

I know for a fact that I’m facing NORTH, so ??? Could someone please give me the final verdict on North facing windows.