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Does anyone know whats the best CFL(In watts, color temperature, and lumens) for cps, particularly Nepenthes and Dionea?

I use a 125 watt cfl, 6500k @ 5000 lumens, and it works really well on all my nephs and dionea

Ae9803 wrote:I use a 125 watt cfl, 6500k @ 5000 lumens, and it works really well on all my nephs and dionea

What type of fixture do you have it in?

I have been looking for a desk lamp style fixture but the warning labels restrict the bulb to 15w only. And that seems very low.

well if you the have money buy leds

But if your looking for the right spec 6500k watts and lumens are normally tied to the price the more watt and lumen output the bigger the price

I use Growth Technology lights 200watt 6500k 16,000 lumens they are about 8"-10" away from my plants mostly VFT's underneath atm and they growing well

Vampryotheuthis wrote:

Ae9803 wrote:I use a 125 watt cfl, 6500k @ 5000 lumens, and it works really well on all my nephs and dionea

What type of fixture do you have it in?

I have been looking for a desk lamp style fixture but the warning labels restrict the bulb to 15w only. And that seems very low.

That is very low wattage, Id recommend that if you want to stick with a cfl go to a local reptile store and pick up a hood lamp that u can use up to 175 watts. Thats what I did, but I recently changed to a 2foot 4 bulb t5 6500k. I pump out about 8000 lumens.

Ae9803 wrote:

That is very low wattage, Id recommend that if you want to stick with a cfl go to a local reptile store and pick up a hood lamp that u can use up to 175 watts. Thats what I did, but I recently changed to a 2foot 4 bulb t5 6500k. I pump out about 8000 lumens.

Unfortunately, I can't have anything like that in my office. That's why I was looking for a lamp that resembles a desk lamp to it would blend in better.

I don't think my boss will like my bringing in a reptile light into the office.

I like sylvania bulbs for standard sockets. you can find 3000K and 6500K bulbs for 15 and 23 watts at Lowes. The 23 watt 6500K bulbs pump out 1450 Lumens.

It might work, but its gonna be very slim. You really need a more intense light but if you notice longer leafs and more pale leafs then you know its not enough light

around how much are those bulbs? i searched some online that they are like $50+ or am i looking at the wrongs ones? lol

antibat wrote:around how much are those bulbs? i searched some online that they are like $50+ or am i looking at the wrongs ones? lol

Nope! thats them... try looking at http://www.littlegreenhouse.com/accessory/lights.shtml. I bought my T5 hood from them. fast shipping and great prices. hope this helps!

oh cool thanks !

I saw the lights on that website but i dont have the room for some of those set ups
i was wondering would some of these be alright for my plants?

I saw these in amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Sunlight-Desk-Lam ... 430&sr=1-3


http://www.amazon.com/Trademark-Collect ... 286&sr=1-9

about those two lights the only thing they say about the color of the bulb is "Natural full spectrum lighting simulates daylight inside." So i can not say..... sorry.

the first one is:
27 watts, Color Temprature 6500K, 1800 lumens.

the second is:
27 watts, color temp. 6500k & 1300 lumens

the rule of thumb with lighting the more lumens the better. so i think you found your temporary light source.