I just get very confused about orchid lighting. Don't place them in full, direct sun (even advised against acclimating them to it)...however many grow in full direct sun for part of the day in the wild. Look at the leaf color, it should be a grassy light green...in my experience many orchids NEVER get that light color, no matter how much light you give them. The list of miscommunication and misconception goes on and on. I do have a light meter that only goes up to 2,000 f.c., but the needle is straining to move past that point when I check my window light so I figure the light is well above that. At least 3,000 if not more. But it's cheap, and could be completely wrong. I think that's what is most frustrating about the orchid game...waiting, at times, two years for blooms trying to see if you have the right light. Add to that the fact that many of us have large seedlings or "near blooming size" or "mature" plants that haven't yet bloomed, but are obviously close to it...and at the same time, we have no idea how long it will actually be. 2 years later you have a plant that still hasn't bloomed, and you have no clue if your light is wrong or if the plant still just isn't ready to put on its first show.

*pulls my hair out*.