Ikea Vaxer LED plant light

[reptilegrrl]

My living room typically has a lot of light, most of it indirect, but about 2-3 hours of direct light in the afternoon. It's bright shade, basically.

A wrinkle: Hurricane Harvey knocked down my fence. until the fence is repaired, I am reluctant to open my blinds all day (as I did before) because of the lack of privacy. So for now, my living room is middle shade, until those 3 hours of direct sunlight in the afternoon. I need some supplemental lighting to get me through until the fence is repaired.

I love watching YT orchid videos, so when Michael of Michael's Orchids recommended the Ikea Vaxer, I decided to try it. I bought one bulb and have it set up over my most light-needy orchids, except for my Oncidium Heaven Scent 'Sweet Baby', which is in another room getting full, direct sun all morning (and loving it.)

I honestly cannot tell if it's "working" for the plants or not. I mean, it's only been a few weeks since I bought it. On some days I also set up my Ott craft light to shine onto the plants as well.