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From: edwards@houxa.UUCP (D.LEWAN)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Blooming orchids under lights
Message-ID: <893@houxa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 10:30:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 10:30:41 1986
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       Well, the good news is that I'm already a year ahead of
       schedule with my orchid collection.  That is, I figured it
       would take at least two years for my mature plants to get
       used to my conditions; probably longer to bloom, and there
       are signs to the contrary.  Those signs are:  one Paph.
       preparing to flower and two Phals. sending up spikes.

       The bad news is that one of the Phal.'s spikes is getting
       cramped under the lights.

       Is the solution to this problem obvious?  But if I take it
       out from under the lights what about energy for flower
       production?  Are there other, less evident things I should
       know about at this point?

       Thanks.


       Doug Lewan
       (...!ihnp4!houxa!edwards)