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Fitch, Charles Marden,
Growing Orchids Under Lights, American Orchid Society, West Palm
Beach, Florida, 1997. |
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This booklet from the
American Orchid Society explains all there is to know about different
types of artificial light sources for growing plants. Different settings
are discussed, from artificial light supplementing natural light to
orchids grown exclusively under artificial light. There is also a picture
series comparing the distortions in flower colors under different types of
light. Then there is a brief introduction of orchid genera adaptable to
culture under artificial lights.
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What is there to say? Perhaps
that in the home, growing under lights might present more of a problem
because of the heat emitted by the lamp fixtures than what the book
suggests? Or that normal GE plant and aquarium fluorescent bulbs have a
similar spectrum than all of the super expensive gro-lux-type ones - at a
fraction of the cost? But they are not commented in the book, I'm
afraid...
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| Contents: |
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| Introduction |
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| The
Quality of Light: |
New Lamps |
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Lumens |
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Practical
Approach |
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Lamp
Condition |
| Supplementing
Sunlight: |
Window
Growing Areas |
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Highlights |
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Greenhouse
Lights |
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Flasks and
Compots |
| Light
Garden Designs: |
Layout |
| Displays: |
Double the
Beauty |
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Combined
Lighting Effects |
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Changing
Scene |
| Lamps
and Fixtures: |
Reflectors |
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Table Stands |
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Table
Fixtures |
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Circline
Fixtures |
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Tiered Stands |
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Indoor Garden
Cabinets |
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Orchids Under
Different Types of Lights |
| Equipment
and Timers: |
Safe Approach |
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Timers |
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Larger Light
Gardens |
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Protection |
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Selecting the
Right Equipment |
| High-Intensity
Lamps: |
Lamp and
Fixture Types |
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A Success
Story |
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A System of
Moving Lights |
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Cultural
Advice |
| Culture
Basics: |
Moderate to
Strong Light |
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Light-Hour
Variations |
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Night
Temperatures |
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Commercial
Controls |
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Faster Bloom |
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Culture
Basics |
| Propagating
Orchids |
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| Growing
Healthy Orchids |
Treatment for
Pests |
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Diseases |
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Algae |
| Gallery
of Genera: |
Aerangis /
Amesiella / Angraecum / Ascocentrum / Aspasia / Brassavola / Brassia / |
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Catasetum /
Cattleya / Comparettia / Cycnoches / Cymbidium / Dendrobium / |
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Epidendrum /
Laelia / Lepanthes / Masdevallia / Miltonia / Neofinetia / Odontoglossum / |
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Oncidium /
Ornithocephalus / Paphiopedilum / Phalaenopsis / Pleurothallis /
Polystachya / |
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Rodriguezia /
Sarcochilus / Sophronitis / Stanhopea / Stelis / Vanda / Foliage Orchids |
| Sources
of Supplies |
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| Recommended
Reading: |
Periodicals |
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Orchid Books |
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Catalogs |
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Light
Gardening Society |
| Index |
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| Acknowledgements |
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