On the advice of experienced bulbo growers when I began to get into them a few years ago, I have grown all but two of the many I have with cattleya light. The only two exceptions are the echinolabiums which get even more light and the Cirrho.robustums (syn Bulbo.graveolens) which get bright phal. light. The dearei I got had one dead bulb and one half-alive in a little 3" pot. In 18 months the thing had two and a half new growths and was flowering. It bloomed again this past summer, a year later. If you do not have VERY high humidity, grow it in a plastic pot, a shallow one or if deep, add several inches of styro peanuts to the bottom. Put it in a loose water-retentive mix (I use my phal/phrag/paph mix, equal thirds promix (or coir - many growers use sphagnum), fine bark, and sponge rock. Never let it dry out and never let it get below 50 degF. I have to say I have had more blooming since I began using MI formula fertilizer.

Dearei is a sleeper. I had no idea that, like some other plants, the flower goes to sleep at night. Folds up like a clam. Really cool!

I have posted pics on my site of it doing its thing:

http://www.orchidcourt.com/dearei.html

Good luck!

tenman