{"id":11274,"date":"2012-02-27T13:31:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=11274"},"modified":"2012-04-30T22:07:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T06:07:46","slug":"pacific-orchid-expo-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/27\/pacific-orchid-expo-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Orchid Expo 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific Orchid Expo, the largest orchid show in the USA, delighted thousands of visitors in San Francisco this past weekend. To celebrate <a href=\"http:\/\/goldengatebridge75.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a>, this year&#8217;s theme was &#8220;A Salute to the Golden Gate.&#8221; Dave and I enjoyed a sunny view of the world&#8217;s most famous bridge on the way to the show, and then a &#8220;mini&#8221; version of the bridge inside the show. Of course, it was all about the orchids from there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11279\" title=\"Golden Gate Bridge, with Palace of Fine Arts in the foreground\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_800px-128x64.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Gate Bridge, with Palace of Fine Arts in the foreground\" width=\"128\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_800px-128x64.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_800px-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_800px.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_front_entrance_display_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11281\" title=\"Front display at Pacific Orchid Expo 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_front_entrance_display_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Front display at Pacific Orchid Expo 2012\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_front_entrance_display_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_front_entrance_display_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_front_entrance_display_800px.JPG 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_display_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11280\" title=\"Display at Pacific Orchid Expo 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_display_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Display at Pacific Orchid Expo 2012\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_display_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_display_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2012_display_800px.JPG 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With over 150,000 orchids under one roof, it was tough enough to figure out where to point our cameras. I&#8217;ll spend the next few days sifting through the embarrassment of orchid photo riches. To start, here&#8217;s a cheery <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleya<\/a>, a remarkable Antelope <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobium<\/a>, and charming mini blue Cleisocentron. Check back again soon&#8211; there&#8217;s lots more to share!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Blc_Wendy_Tanaka_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11276\" title=\"Cattleya hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Blc_Wendy_Tanaka_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya hybrid\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Blc_Wendy_Tanaka_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Blc_Wendy_Tanaka_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Blc_Wendy_Tanaka_800px.JPG 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Dendrobium_lasianthera_hybrid_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11278\" title=\"Antelope Dendrobium hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Dendrobium_lasianthera_hybrid_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Dendrobium hybrid\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Dendrobium_lasianthera_hybrid_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Dendrobium_lasianthera_hybrid_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Dendrobium_lasianthera_hybrid_800px.JPG 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cleisocentron_merrillianum_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11277\" title=\"Blue flowers of a Cleisocentron species\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cleisocentron_merrillianum_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Blue flowers of a Cleisocentron species\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cleisocentron_merrillianum_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cleisocentron_merrillianum_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cleisocentron_merrillianum_800px.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific Orchid Expo, the largest orchid show in the USA, delighted thousands of visitors in San Francisco this past weekend. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, this year&#8217;s theme was &#8220;A Salute to the Golden Gate.&#8221; Dave and I enjoyed a sunny view of the world&#8217;s most famous bridge on [&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":[11,27,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-growing-orchids-in-san-francisco","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274","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=11274"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11865,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274\/revisions\/11865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}