Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferns Daddy
I like your window set up, the only windows that I have facing north are to high to use for plants
|
Our only south window is next to a covered walkway and facing a courtyard and there are no east windows. The west windows have only really intense afternoon sun and people are always closing the blinds because of the glare when they watch tv
, there's also the house heater in the room (no temp drop for spike initiation in the winter) my mom kept her plants on a rack in that window, but, when her few phals didn't spike and she saw my mine all spiking, she got jealous lol and kept whining about it
. We finally moved them to the north kitchen windows, where they just started spiking.
I've heard north windows don't usually have enough light for phals, but down here in the Los Angeles area, north windows get really bright indirect light from sun up to sun down. Bright enough to read a book at 10ft from the window. The biggest problem we have is actually the consecutive heat waves and low relative humidity during the summer (high 90s to low 100s), last summer was one of the worst in a long time and the older leaves got a little limper, but the orchids survived (and grew 2-3 new leaves each). So, hopefully this summer won't be too much of a problem.
Hybrid Mode
