Light Requirements for Indoor Orchids: 4 Solutions for Artificial Light

Welcome to Orchideria! I'm Amanda Matthews, your host for today's video. Growing orchids indoors with artificial grow lights isn’t complicated, once you know what you’re doing. In fact, it’s quite easy. Some orchids have light requirements that have to be supplemented since indoor light isn't enough. The most vital question now is how much light is right for your specific orchid? Once I purchased my first household plant, a Boston Fern, I quickly realized a big flaw: my house sits on all the wrong angles to provide sufficient sunlight. None of my windows get adequate sun and growing plants indoors would require some real thought. Artificial grow lights were the solution. I’m not an electrician. None of my electrical-conduit-processing neurons actually understand all the electrical-conduit processing, so research was mind-picking. With a ton of articles in the orchid light requirement section with information that I just didn’t grasp, I got frustrated—fast. What light to use? How long to keep the lights on? How far above the orchids? High Light Intensity Orchids: what's that? PAR? CRI? Lux? Lumens? Foot Candles?