{"id":11320,"date":"2012-03-03T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T05:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=11320"},"modified":"2012-05-01T13:39:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T21:39:45","slug":"more-from-the-pacific-orchid-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/03\/more-from-the-pacific-orchid-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"More from the Pacific Orchid Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it’s easy to find Phals<\/a>, Oncidiums<\/a>, and Epidendrums<\/a> in any supermarket, it is possible to become jaded by orchids. Fortunately, the vast orchid family is always full of surprises, and these photos from Pacific Orchid Expo 2012<\/a> certainly prove my point. Whether it’s an eye-catching hybrid<\/a>, an unusual species, or a fresh color combination, orchids always offer more.<\/p>\n

\"Phalaenopsis<\/a>\"Oncidium<\/a>\"Epidendrum<\/a><\/p>\n

Anyone feeling uninspired by common supermarket orchids can always find more varieties which are uncommon, or downright weird. Flowers can look like colorful bugs, or may be almost black. Shapes and patterns defy the imagination. As always, the Pacific Orchid Expo had an abundance of great examples. If it ever seems that you’re about to become bored by orchids, look again.<\/p>\n

\"Restrepia<\/a>\"Fredclarkeara<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cypripedium<\/a>\"Dracula<\/a>\"Miltonia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it’s easy to find Phals, Oncidiums, and Epidendrums in any supermarket, it is possible to become jaded by orchids. Fortunately, the vast orchid family is always full of surprises, and these photos from Pacific Orchid Expo 2012 certainly prove my point. Whether it’s an eye-catching hybrid, an unusual species, or a fresh color combination, […]<\/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-11320","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\/11320","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=11320"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11870,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions\/11870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}