The Phal abuse ends here.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by greenpassion

I have my phals (now out of bloom) under tracklighting over a counter top. The bulbs are regular 'grow' bulbs for house plants. They (4 of them) are about 3ft from the phals, which are on a humidity tray. So far the phals are sending out new roots...are these lights OK?

What's the wattage of the bulbs?

The "grow bulbs" should have Kelvin temperature ratings to them. Many florescent lights do. The Kelvin ratings can sometimes be difficult to find on the bulb or package.

For example...

I bought a pair of daylight compact florescent light bulbs from The Home Depot a while back, and the Kelvin rating on these bulbs are 5000 K. It's printed on the package, underneath the barcode.