{"id":10644,"date":"2012-02-14T16:10:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T00:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=10644"},"modified":"2012-05-09T08:50:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T16:50:42","slug":"where-to-place-your-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/14\/where-to-place-your-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Place Your Orchid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As orchids surge in Valentine&#8217;s Day popularity, each year brings them into more homes and offices. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/14\/orchid-valentine\/\">a few orchid care basics<\/a>, they&#8217;re as easy as any houseplant. Many types, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals<\/a>, can stay in bloom for months. To help your flowers last their longest, check these tips on where to place your orchid:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most importantly, keep the plant in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">good humidity<\/a>. Dry air can quickly make orchid flowers wilt.<\/li>\n<li>Except for sun-lovers like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vandas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/04\/arundina-an-orchid-weed\/\">Arundinas<\/a>, and some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/epidendrum.html\">Epidendrums<\/a>, orchid flowers last longer out of direct sun. After blooms are done, many varieties can be moved into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/let-the-sunshine-in\/\">morning sun<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t place the orchid near heaters or air conditioning vents. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">Temperature<\/a> extremes or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">dry air<\/a> may shock it into dropping its flowers.<\/li>\n<li>If you live in a cold winter climate, keep the plant away from cold windows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, if you put your new orchid where it looks most beautiful and reminds you of your valentine, that&#8217;s fine too. You may not enjoy the maximum blooming time from your plant, but your orchid and your love will live on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As orchids surge in Valentine&#8217;s Day popularity, each year brings them into more homes and offices. With a few orchid care basics, they&#8217;re as easy as any houseplant. Many types, like Phals, can stay in bloom for months. To help your flowers last their longest, check these tips on where to place your orchid: Most [&hellip;]<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10644","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=10644"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11211,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10644\/revisions\/11211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}