Hot Summer Orchids

Cattleya intermedia, orchid species flowers, purple and white flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaPhalaenopsis Shu Long 'First Kiss', Moth Orchid, Phal, orchid hybrid flower, purple and white flower, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaPleione formosana 'Polar Sun', orchid species flowers and leaves, white flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, California

Mark Twain didn’t actually say “the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco,” but that quirky quote certainly describes our unusual weather. With chilly fog blowing in from the cold Northern Pacific, today we’re greeting summer in Pacifica with a high temperature of 52°F (11°C.) While other parts of the country are baking in a heat wave, our furnace is running. Contrary to popular belief, we do sometimes get heat and sun in the summer, but autumn is usually the season when our fog recedes and temperatures heat up.

Bletilla striata, Chinese ground orchid, orchid species flower, purple and white flower, peloric flower, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaCymbidium Exeter Jadeite 'Winston', orchid hybrid flowers, green and white flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaBulbophyllum falcatum 'Standing Tall', orchid species flowers, weird flowers, tiny flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, California

Ascocentrum miniatum 'Kai Gold', Vanda miniata, orchid species flowers, yellow flowers, small flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaMasdevallia Peach Fuzz, orchid hybrid flower, fuzzy flower, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaAscocentrum ampullaceum, Vanda ampullaceal, orchid species flowers, small flowers, pink and orange flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, California

Of course, I’ll still welcome summer, and the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Maybe these photos from April’s Peninsula Orchid Society Show will inspire Mother Nature to send some summer heat our way. Happy solstice.

Cochlioda rosea, orchid species flowers, deep pink flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaSarcochilus Kulnura Dazzel 'Red Spot' x Sarcochilus Kulnura Secure 'Ghost', orchid hybrid flower and bud, spotted flower, red white and yellow flower, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, CaliforniaCymbidium William Weaver 'Not Bill', orchid hybrid flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society and Gold Coast Cymbidium Society Show, San Mateo, California

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