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Old 04-01-2023, 07:31 AM
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I bet you could go to 50% Squirrel.

I have 60% way down here in Key West because that's what Bob Fuch's suggested I go with and he was right.

I had sent him an email several years ago asking what % was on his houses as I was putting mine together. He responded he used 50% in Homestead but he had been thinking about my question and decided to suggest I go with 60% not because I'm 125 miles further south from him but because we are surrounded by water and the sun reflecting off of that water makes it much, much brighter here in the Keys than up on the mainland.

Given that you are far enough inland and actually further north than Homestead, FL, I would deduce you should do well using 50% too. Any orchid growers near you that you could get a recommendation from?
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I have 50% outside, but due to my north/south yard I haven't put anything out this year except one hanger due to the winds. I recently bought a more powerful light and I have lowered things as far as I can in the tent. Was thinking of adding some 30-50% to help.
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Choosing a shadecloth percentage needs to take into account light duration as well as intensity - so all 3 above answers are likely correct... for different people. I use 60% everywhere except over the Cyms/L anceps but in summer my yard gets blasted from half an hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset since it has an east-west orientation, with no trees. (The trees are all on the north side of the property where they don't do much since sun never comes from that direction) Also, I get little or no cloud cover during the summer - rain is extremely rare at that time, so that's another factor. Where it rains in summer, there are some hours where clouds reduce sun intensity.
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I have exact same orientation Roberta but I have much more cloud cover here in summer than winter as summer is our rainy season. The light is actually much brighter in the winter when we have very little rain.
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the 70 was bought for the full west wall on the porch last year. otherwise it was uninhabitable.

I think now moving forward....
1 panel of 70 over the paphs and phals
1 panel of 60 over the dendrobiums n catasetums
1 panel of 50 over catts ,epidendrums and vandas.

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SVO 9319. Has 5 more buddies on the way. These are very nicely colored and large lips for the flowers.




thanks for looking!!
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RJ, that setup up is crazy sick!!!!!
it looks so nice. you have lovely orchids! Thanks for sharing!.
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thanks you


I need to find some lady bugs and some mantis egg sacks. Put out my little minions to clean up the errant bugs chewing on my buds. Its Varmint season too !!!
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SVO 9266 has 3 flowers with 3 buds on 3 spikes








Virginia Dickey hybrids all of them. At least 2 more versions on the way.
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SVO 9266 has 3 flowers with 3 buds on 3 spikes








Virginia Dickey hybrids all of them. At least 2 more versions on the way.
Ye gods.
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