I started growing orchids while I was serving in the military. I lived off base in a basement apartment, and my first plants, like many of us, were Phalaenopsis. I had no sun in the apartment, so I grew them in a closet under fluorescent lights. My collection slowly grew after that. When I moves into my current residence, I found that the geography did no permit a green house. I live on the north side of a hill, and the backyard slopes downwards to the north; a terrible location for a greenhouse. I then built a sunroom in the front of the house facing southwest. But as my collection expanded, many of my orchids found themselves in the basement and other rooms, under LED lights. I have tried different types of lights and have had success growing orchids under many different lighting conditions, from Phals and Paphs to Vandas, now totaling about 700 orchids – most of them under LED lights.