Quote Originally Posted by Magnus A View Post
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Your leafs in the picture was not near "bleached" as we talk sun damaged.
I agree. Your leaves are all a nice uniform light green color that appears to be just the natural color for your plant. When I see my garden or houseplants bleaching, it's often uneven...certain leaves will show more damage than others. Your plant is the same color all over. I think it's fine. Of course, if you're really paranoid about it, you could back it away from the window a bit, but seeing as it's preparing to bloom, I wouldn't back off the light just yet. You might stall the budding/blooming process and not get as good a show. They say the #1 factor in blooming an orchid is that the orchid gets enough light.

Once all of your flowers have opened, though, there's no harm in moving it back from the window. Some people have told me that blooms last longer if the plant is kept in a cooler, lower-light environment when it's in bloom. (This is why, once my blue dendrobium's buds opened, I moved it out of its super-sunny window and into a nice display area where it's cooler so the blooms will last as long as possible. Once all the blooms fall off and the plant gets a little "rest," I'll put it back in the higher light and increase the fertilizer to "perk it up" again.)

But really, I think your plant is just fine in this case. And I would trust Magnus's judgment in this matter too.

Of course, I know you'll still worry and fret, because that's what we orchid lovers do! LOL I move my dendrobiums and vandaceous orchids across the house to a western window every afternoon, and then back to their eastern window every night so they can catch the sun the next morning! My husband thinks I'm crazy! So I know all about obsessing over the right amount of light! Hehee! You'll have to keep us posted on how everything goes!