To see just how fast that is I've decided to do a time lapse set. I will be taking one picture a day for a currently unspecified time from about the same location and see how these little guys are really doing.
I have a newly acquired lamp shining on this on now so it can imitate getting better lighting that it has been getting. Maybe it'll help it grow a little faster and with larger leaves. The current new leaves are significantly smaller than the ones it came with. It's at least still growing though and faster than I figured it might. The control pot is still just getting the office fluorescents. Really how can you tell if something really helps or not unless you have a control group. This not only tells me if the extra light helps but if fluorescent light is good enough for growing vanilla orchids in general. The light I'm using has three settings, off, low, and high. I start and end (not including off) with the low setting for half an hour to mimic the sun rising and setting. Unfortunately it doesn't move. That's a bit more realism than I', willing to put the work into doing.
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