What Lighting is needed for plants?

Question

In one of my reptile vivariums, i am putting live plants and i would like to know what sort of artificial lighing could be used? and any products people could suggest?

Plants like bromeliads, pothos and snake plant.

Thanks.

Answer 1

It depends on the plant - an Indian pipe needs no light at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_u...

If you want to use artificial lighting you should probably use a light at the blue end of the spectrum for vegetative growth (red for flowering)

Answer 2

The new LED lights are compact, do not heat up much, and offer a very long period of use. This article compares the types of lighting systems and the spectra and luminosity of the bulbs.

http://progressivegardening.com/plantgro...

Lighting FAQ

http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/ag...

Graph of light wavelength and plant relative growth.

http://www.clovis.co.uk/horticultural/im...