{"id":12333,"date":"2012-06-23T22:18:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T06:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=12333"},"modified":"2013-07-24T09:29:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T17:29:52","slug":"rhynchostele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/23\/rhynchostele\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhynchostele"},"content":{"rendered":"

If orchids could read blog posts, I might be suspicious of this Rhynchostele. I complained online that it hadn’t bloomed in 6 years, and a few days later, a pair of new flowers appeared. You can find it noted last in the list at Outdoor Orchids in San Francisco, part 1<\/a> under the name Lemboglossum. That’s its old name, and the name I know it by. Name changes, however, are better suited for a future post in the Orchid Names category<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Rhynchostele<\/a>\"Rhynchostele<\/a>\"Rhynchostele<\/a><\/p>\n

This species grows at high elevations in Mexico and Guatemala, and doesn’t like temps<\/a> above 80\u00b0F (27\u00b0C.) It needs bright light<\/a> with some full sun<\/a>, regular water<\/a>, and winter dormancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Rhynchostele<\/a>\"Rhynchostele<\/a>\"Rhynchostele<\/a><\/p>\n

I can’t figure out why mine chose this year to bloom after a 6 year hiatus. Species like this can be much more finicky than hybrids<\/a>. Maybe this past mild winter suited it better. As long as it survives and occasionally blooms, I still have chances to figure it out.<\/p>\n

As for that new name, Rhynchostele, I believe it’s pronounced “rink oh STEE lee.” No matter what it’s called, if it reads another blog post, I’ll be sure to let you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If orchids could read blog posts, I might be suspicious of this Rhynchostele. I complained online that it hadn’t bloomed in 6 years, and a few days later, a pair of new flowers appeared. You can find it noted last in the list at Outdoor Orchids in San Francisco, part 1 under the name Lemboglossum. […]<\/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":[15,9,3,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-dormancy","category-growing","category-photos","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12333","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=12333"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12430,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12333\/revisions\/12430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}