Welcome! I the same. My lights give me more growth than I need and I’ll do about anything rather than deal with insects indoors.
You might likely know Sarah Hadean who manages the living plant collection at Smithsonian (which includes 6,000 orchids.) She was an intern at Longwood for a few years about the same time, I think.Welcome from Madeira!
I'm new here too, but I've been into orchids for about 25 years ago. I was an intern in 2000 at Longwood Gardens and got to manage all of the orchid houses while the head gardeners took vacations, so I really found my love of orchids right there in your backyard.
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