{"id":10066,"date":"2011-10-19T17:26:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T01:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=10066"},"modified":"2011-12-19T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T04:27:01","slug":"cochleanthes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/19\/cochleanthes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cochleanthes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flying bird? Incredible insect? Angel from above? The wonderful flowers of this Cochleanthes have a power to captivate. Its large white and purple blooms can be 4 inches (10 cm) tall.<\/p>\n

\"Cochleanthes<\/a>\"Close<\/a>\"Cochleanthes<\/a><\/p>\n

This species is native to a vast area of the Amazon Rainforest<\/a>, across Brazil<\/a>, Suriname<\/a>, Venezuela<\/a>, Colombia<\/a>, Ecuador<\/a>, and Peru<\/a>. The flowers may look delicate, but they’re thick and waxy, and can hold up for months. This type typically blooms in fall and winter.<\/p>\n

\"Purple<\/a>\"Cochleanthes<\/a>\"Frilly<\/a><\/p>\n

Thin leaves without pseudobulbs<\/a> mean this orchid has little capability to store water. It needs daily watering<\/a> and high humidity<\/a>. Mine grows in shady conditions<\/a>, and receives only a little morning sun<\/a>. The name is easier to figure out than the captivating flower shape; to pronounce Cochleanthes, say “coke-lee-ANN-these.”<\/p>\n

\"Cochleanthes<\/a>\"Cochleanthes<\/a>\"Close<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flying bird? Incredible insect? Angel from above? The wonderful flowers of this Cochleanthes have a power to captivate. Its large white and purple blooms can be 4 inches (10 cm) tall. This species is native to a vast area of the Amazon Rainforest, across Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The flowers may look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fragrant-orchids","category-intermediate-growers","category-photos","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10066"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10113,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10066\/revisions\/10113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}