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Old 08-04-2012, 10:55 PM
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Question Lighting an orchid closet - fluorescent or LED? Otherwise?

First post! Eek! So I'm moving into an apartment (tomorrow) and looking at ways to set up my double-deep closet with these pesky orchids and succulents.

I'm working out placement and care of each of my plants, and what kind of lighting I'll need. They are as follows:

2 Neostylis Bluebird, 1 mounted on tree fern, 1 potted
Angraecum didieri, also on tree fern
Bulbophyllum tingabarinum, mounted on cork w/sphagnum
Gongora galeata, hanging basket
Oncidium, grocery-store hybrid, potted
Dendrobium wassellii, mounted with Angraecum
Dendrobium (lanky, thick growth habit), grocery-store hybrid, potted
Paphiopedilum, no ID, in terrarium with pets
Howeara Lava Burst, same terrarium
And a few Phals that I started with, mostly potted.

That's plus maybe 8 mature bonsai-in-training, maybe 30 small (growing) cacti/succulents, and a few other various plants that are in my room.

My question is this: will 2 clamp lamps suffice, if one is set up at a lower height with a 1350-lumen fluorescent compact at 3500k, and the other is higher-up, with a 2000-lumen fc at 5000k? Should I return the fluorescents and invest in LEDs? I'm trying to keep the bill down, since it's a shared apartment. Otherwise I'd try putting one sodium at the very top. Not up for that kind of money or heat, though. Am I on the right track? Help!
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