Is My Light Right? or too Bright? ... like a Kite?

[Undergrounder]

I went to a hydro store today to supplement my light setup and i told the guy i was growing orchids and i said the orchids i want to grow are low-light Phalaenopsis/Paphiopedilum and i mentioned i'd heard that cool fluorescent grow lights are reccommended, etc. etc. etc.

The guy hands me this thing:



and assures me this is what i want. He says its good for flowering. 'I don't need it to be bright' i say. 'That light looks a bit too red' i say. 'What about these (standard fluoros) i say'

'No no no' he says, 'i assure you this is the one you want ... Its great for flowering' he repeats. (There's nothing on the box to hint on its spectrum or intensity other than 100W).

So i give in and say i'll give it a go, i come home, google some words form the packaging and find out its mainly 2700 reddish spectrum (i knew it looked red) and boy its pretty bright.



Will this do? Ill keep it if you say its OK but i do remember reading that much broader spectrums up to and around 5000k are reccommended.

Im wanting it mainly for Phals, Paphs, Dendrochilum, Sarcochilus, all low-light genera.

I think maybe he thought i was growing weed and just using the orchid thing as 'code' or something and gave me this red, bright, flowering bulb no matter what i said. I wonder how much of their business are kids growing 'canna... err tomatoes' in their cupboards.