{"id":11959,"date":"2012-05-12T19:28:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=11959"},"modified":"2012-09-19T21:48:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T05:48:29","slug":"orchids-for-mothers-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/12\/orchids-for-mothers-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids for Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids make it easy to celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day. Whether given as potted plants or cut flowers, orchids elicit delight and wonder. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/08\/mothers-day-orchids\/\">a few orchid care basics<\/a>, many types can stay in bloom for weeks or months. In addition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/14\/orchid-allergies-and-sensitivities\/\">they rarely cause allergy problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To help flowers last their longest, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/14\/where-to-place-your-orchid\/\">check out these tips on where to place an orchid.<\/a> If Mom wants to keep the plant after it&#8217;s done blooming, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/index.html\">it&#8217;ll help to know what kind of orchid you&#8217;ve bought<\/a>. Then she can better learn that variety&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n<p>As cut flowers, orchids don&#8217;t need any special care. Change the water every couple days to keep blossoms fresh.<\/p>\n<p>Browse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/index.html\">AboutOrchids<\/a> for more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/category\/growing\/\">growing tips<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/faq\/index.html\">FAQ<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/category\/photos\/\">beautiful photos<\/a>. Sharing your love with orchids has never been easier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cymbidium_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11961\" title=\"Cymbidium flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cymbidium_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cymbidium_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cymbidium_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cymbidium_800px.JPG 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phalaenopsis_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11963\" title=\"Moth Orchid hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phalaenopsis_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Moth Orchid hybrid\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phalaenopsis_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phalaenopsis_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Phalaenopsis_800px.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Paphiopedilum_spicerianum_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11962\" title=\"Paph species\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Paphiopedilum_spicerianum_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Paph species\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Paphiopedilum_spicerianum_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Paphiopedilum_spicerianum_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Paphiopedilum_spicerianum_800px.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids make it easy to celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day. Whether given as potted plants or cut flowers, orchids elicit delight and wonder. With a few orchid care basics, many types can stay in bloom for weeks or months. In addition, they rarely cause allergy problems. To help flowers last their longest, check out these tips 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":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959","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=11959"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12000,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11959\/revisions\/12000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}