Lighting is hard.

I got into orchids, in part, because sources said that they are "low light" plants. By the time I discovered that this isn't true, it was too late for me to back out: I was hooked on orchids and already had a few. So I have been trying to find ways to increase the lighting in my living room, so my orchids will thrive. (Even a phal, a low light orchid, needs more FC than a low-light tropical plant.)  To that end, I've invested in some artificial lights.

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