I recommend a new subforum called "Artificial Lighting"

[Lagoon]

I think it was Ross who mention the same thing couple of weeks back.
I'm not certain but I believe it was decided it was part of orchid culture and we already had the forums for that.

Ross?

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Lagoon

I think it was Ross who mention the same thing couple of weeks back.
I'm not certain but I believe it was decided it was part of orchid culture and we already had the forums for that.

Ross?

Agree. This seems to just be a short peak in interest. We've gone months with no questions then all of a sudden... Let's just leave it in hardware or culture for now. Just my opinion.

[Boondock]

We've gone months without a lighting question, because most people are just now getting the plants used to being back inside.

I bet most lighting question, from people who live in the Northern Hemisphere are during fall and winter, when the questions are a priority concern.

Since this topic of interest, is not currently a unique web forum called "Indoor Growing Under Artificial lights", the information gets spread out among many interests.

When I was trying to learn about "artificial lighting", I visited and joined bonsai forums, Dart Frogs forums, aquarium forum (and reef growers, who really are into lighting), and other orchid forums.

When I said "excellent opportunity", what I meant was to create a places on this forum that could possibly draw alot of interest via search engines from people hunting for information. An active conversation about artificial lighting and a repository of "lighting information" could boost forum membership and participation.

[morningstar]

I live in western Maine and I am really interested in learning more about lighting for the long winter months, beginning with the question of what bulbs are the best to use.... I am totally at sea when it comes to lighting. I have most of my orchids in east windows and in November December and January we have almost no light