{"id":12241,"date":"2012-06-06T22:18:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T06:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=12241"},"modified":"2012-09-07T19:12:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T03:12:59","slug":"new-orleans-orchid-society-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/new-orleans-orchid-society-show\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Orchid Society Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to my friend Blake for taking these great photos at last weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neworleansorchidsociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Orchid Society<\/a> Show. The society&#8217;s 60th annual show was themed &#8220;The Mystery of Orchids.&#8221;\u00a0 It featured over 20 exhibits, more than a dozen vendors, a raffle, and lots of gorgeous blooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Vanda_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12250\" title=\"Vanda flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Vanda_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Vanda flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Vanda_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Vanda_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Vanda_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/New_Orleans_Orchid_Society_Show_2012_Exhibit_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12247\" title=\"Exhibit at New Orleans Orchid Society Show 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/New_Orleans_Orchid_Society_Show_2012_Exhibit_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibit at New Orleans Orchid Society Show 2012\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/New_Orleans_Orchid_Society_Show_2012_Exhibit_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/New_Orleans_Orchid_Society_Show_2012_Exhibit_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/New_Orleans_Orchid_Society_Show_2012_Exhibit_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Paphiopedilum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12248\" title=\"Paph flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Paphiopedilum_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Paph flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Paphiopedilum_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Paphiopedilum_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Paphiopedilum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These samples from the show obviously enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Orleans#Climate\" target=\"_blank\">the Big Easy&#8217;s humid subtropical climate<\/a>. It&#8217;s the perfect home for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/category\/warm-growers\/\">warm growers<\/a> like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vandas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleyas<\/a>, and other glamorous stars of the orchid world. Many varieties can live outdoors if they can be protected from hurricanes and from winter cold. Each is an exceptional beauty like New Orleans itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12246\" title=\"Cattleya flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya flowers\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Rhyncholaelia_digbyana_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12249\" title=\"Rhyncholaelia flower with fringed lip\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Rhyncholaelia_digbyana_800px-128x95.jpg\" alt=\"Rhyncholaelia flower with fringed lip\" width=\"128\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Rhyncholaelia_digbyana_800px-128x95.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Rhyncholaelia_digbyana_800px-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Rhyncholaelia_digbyana_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Ascocenda_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12245\" title=\"Ascocenda flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Ascocenda_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Ascocenda flowers\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Ascocenda_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Ascocenda_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Ascocenda_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to my friend Blake for taking these great photos at last weekend&#8217;s New Orleans Orchid Society Show. The society&#8217;s 60th annual show was themed &#8220;The Mystery of Orchids.&#8221;\u00a0 It featured over 20 exhibits, more than a dozen vendors, a raffle, and lots of gorgeous blooms. These samples from the show obviously enjoy the Big [&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":[11,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12241","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=12241"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12270,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12241\/revisions\/12270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}