My Windowsill Growing Area

[Sun rm.N.E.]

Hi Becky

Very smart setup. You seem to have enough variety of orchids, and trying different methods to end up with some well adapted plants even in these challenging indoor conditions which I too work with.

I just have one question. Since you live in the Norther US I was wondering if you considered supplemental lighting for the Winter months. I found my cattleyas bloom much better with inexpensive 60 watt (that is 60 actual watts coming off the line not "equivalent" watts) compact fluorescent lamps. They don't have the industrial look of the common shoplight type setup.