I recused a Lowes's Cattleya Williette Wong The Best.

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I couldn't resist. I received my Dendrobium Frosty Dawn on Monday from a seller in Hawaii, and repotted. Went to Lowes to pickup a bag of orchid barks earlier and saw these netted Cattleyas for $13. Over 12" tall. Most of them weren't great looking but not horrible. Only this Williette Wong has lime green leaves with more robust sheaths. The rest were all dark green and skinny.

I bought it and repotted it before the end of my grow tent light cycle. Left it inside my grow tent for few hours unpotted with bare roots before repotting it. The roots are OK but with only few rotten roots. And it is perking up fine.

I realized both Dendrobium and Cattleya would need medium light to thrive, about 1500 to 3000 foot candles. My current 6 t8 strips would only give me 600 ft candles 1ft away from the bulbs. I added another 46w LED bulbs made by Phillips and mounted it within a foot from the Dendrobium and about 16" to the Cattleya. That gives me about 1500 to 2000 ft candles for the Dendrobium and roughly about 1000 ft candles on the Cattleya. The Dendrobium is closer to the LED light than the Cattleya.

I know these light reading is in the low range for these orchids. In 2 weeks or so, I should know if my current light intensity and duration are sufficient enough.