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Hello All,

I grow orchids in my home under lights.  My shelves consist of 4' long 
flourescent lights and 4 to a shelf. One shelf has 4 "Plant & Aquarium" bulbs 
purchased for $6.99 at Canadian Tire (handyman's store).  They are now all 
about 16 months old and I have orchids coming into bloom.  Orchids need their 
light in order to set buds, so old bulbs can still work here. I had been 
replacing my bulbs, but when money gets tight, and you have 20 bulbs to replace 
each year (as I first only had 8) they will have to wait.

So I hope this gives you an insight on wether or not to spend that kind of 
money for starting seeds under  expensive lights.  I started alot of my garden 
plants here (Yes the orchids got moved to the windowsill for a period) with no 
problems. They grew better here than on the windowsill.

Hope this helps,

Coreen

Michael & Coreen Smith
271 Smith Rd, Waterville
Sunbury Co, NB, E2V 3V6
Canada

Coreen (1997-1998 Co-President for Orchid Society of New Brunswick)

Mike's/ve9aa personal homepage is at:
http://members.tripod.com/~ve9aa/index.html
Coreen's/ve9aaa personal homepage is at:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2174
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