Can you buy one of those three-way bullet lamps and/or octopus lamps and fit them out with CFL's in the largest size that fits the fixture? That would cost you about $50

That would probably be enough to see your phals thru one or two months. If you can afford two lamps, that would be even better and might take care of your oncids as well.

Be sure to adjust your watering to the new light (lack thereof)-- less light, less water and much less fertilizer.

Good luck.

And a cheaper option would be to use shop lights - portable 48-inch, 2-bulb fluorescent fixtures with their own electrical cords built in. You can hang them wherever you want and plug them into ordinary outlets. You can find them at Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, and other places.

anne711 - about the 150w reflector - is this one of those blue bulbs recommended for growing? If you have that type reflector, you can switch that blue grow bulb (basically useless light) out for a much bigger CFL and get more light.

Do you have an Ikea store close by and if you don't, go online and get a couple of their floor lamps, $10 each, to use with the 42w CFL. You will have to make an extender for the metal shade to direct the light more onto the plants but your plants will love you for it.

Target has the octopus type lamps which will hold the 23w CFL and those will boost your plants too. I know there are a few people using these on here and can provide a pic for you.

I tried to provide a link to Ikea but their site is down right now.

Brooke