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?

Worse—once I saw how much they cost, I knew I couldn’t mess up.

Quick question and answer: What’s the best type of grow light for your orchid? LED GROW LIGHTS offer a full spectrum of light wavelengths, which best benefit the growth of your orchid. Both during vegetative growth/dormancy and during budding/flowering, the orchid receives the maximum amount of light without the added heat, which could cause sunburn and heat stress.

Yet, to get to the answer above about orchid light requirements, I had to do tons of research.

All I really wanted to know was what light was necessary for our orchids? To answer that, I first had to grasp some basic concepts, which I’ll explain in this video. To best choose what orchid grow light to purchase, I’ve provided a detailed explanation of the pros and cons of each one, and how to install the lights in your room.

If you want the full explanation of this video in writing, go to https://orchideria.com/orchid-light-r...

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In this video, I use the Mars Lights which you can check out here: https://amzn.to/3lyKewK (Affiliate Link). I also have another light from EK Ennoking that I really like, and you can see that one here: https://amzn.to/3xU8QEV (also an Affiliate Link).

Happy Cultivating!

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction to Artificial Lighting for Orchids
3:50 How much light do orchids need?
4:30 PAR Photosynthectically active Radiation
6:30 Kelvin & Light CRI Color Rending Index
9:05 Foot Candles (fc)
13:52 4 types of articial light for orchids
14:28 Incandescent Lightbulbs
14:47 CFL Compact FLourescent Lamps
17:42 HID High Intensity Discharge
19:33 LED GROW LIGHT - Full Spectrum
20:48 Summary
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