Michael Benedito asked about cultivating cool-growing orchids exclusively under lights: > Now i wanted to know if the temperatures in there were suitable to grow > those orchids, specially now on summer. This week was probably the hottest of > the year (temperatures outside of 33?C (91?F) and inside that cave the > temperature was around 20?C (68?F). As far as i know, the temperature seems > fine, but the problem is that i dont have any experience at all on how to > grow plants under lights. And the information over the internet is very > limited. Can i use normal fluorescent lamps to grow them? And can the plants > be grown healthy and flower without ever needing to see the sunlight? (I will > try to immitate the natural lenght of the photoperiod of my area not to > confuse the plants) > Should be ideal for the plants...
> Other question is about the temperature drop. The cave seems to act like a > temperature deposit, so the temperature flutuations will not be that big. Is > this a problem? > Once you get lights running in your cave, you should notice that the temperature will rise during the day, so you will get the thermal variations needed, IMO. carl "wishing for a cave" gustafson _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
