So, the brightness of light really does matter to plants - who knew? 

Welcome back Geoff! Good to see you!

this is what I tried explaining to an orchid growing youtuber who went from a SW facing conservatory to a N facing and has been having trouble with their plants ever since. There is only a short period during the summer when any sun comes in, otherwise the plants are in perpetual shade. It doesn't matter that the conservatory has a clear roof, they are only getting bright shade a few months of the year and dense shade most of the year. It is hard enough growing warm (or hot) growing orchids in the UK, when they aren't getting enough light it is even worse. You would think that losing all of their vandas would serve as a clue that the light is poor, but no, blame it on anything else.

The sun light brings warmth, warmth aides in growth. I put my orchids especially my C. Orchids. They get all the morning sun, from rise till about 11 am. The they love it. All the growth points swell up and grow.

Hey Geoff long time no see, glad to see your videos again. BTW if you want to heal pretty much any ailments, or just to feel the best you possibly can, check out the carnivore diet, it saved my life. I know it sounds crazy, (I did too) but @ 55 yr old I healed so many ailments, and I feel like I'm in my 20's again.

By the way enjoy your videos and rewatch them many times.

So nice seeing you again! Aside from the Streps the other plants look pretty good to me…hope you are enjoying the summer, we hit 101 last week ( east central NJ) 🥵🪴