Too much fluorescent light?

[DTEguy]

Hi Steve,

Since Catts can take > 3000 fc, 1000 is still lower than the recommended the 42% guideline for constant light. Which actually makes me feel that there's something fishy about T5H0s --prolly has a biased-maxed out blue wavelength or something like that.

Originally Posted by isurus79

Alan Koch of Gold Country Orchids talked about this. He said that too much light can inhibit flowering, however when I grew my plants in Hawaii, many of them were in full sun all day and flowered very profusely. I think it really depends on the species.

Yeah I read and seen pictures of those purple Barney orchids in full sun and bloom their head off. I agree it's depending on species. The scientist in me wants to put an algorithm to it....but I now realize there is no shortcut and only ONE way to get better at this:


KILL MORE FRIGGIN ORCHIDS!!!



However, magnus brought up a very very good point, emergence of anthocyanin might not mean optimal light especially when it's from a sudden highlight shock.

Sorry for the many questions folks....I love learning new things . Many thanks again for the replies.