{"id":12564,"date":"2012-07-17T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=12564"},"modified":"2012-09-04T09:49:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:49:11","slug":"an-orchid-by-any-other-name-is-a-marquee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/an-orchid-by-any-other-name-is-a-marquee\/","title":{"rendered":"An Orchid by Any Other Name Is a Marquee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/15\/fashion\/an-orchid-by-any-other-name-is-a-marquee.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">Orchids have drawn the eye of <em>The New York Times<\/em> Fashion &amp; Style section.<\/a> <em>The Times<\/em> laments that becoming a &#8220;grocery staple&#8221; has dulled the mystique of once-exotic orchids. While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals<\/a> have become common, however, tens of thousands of other varieties continue to inspire. From elusive black orchid flowers to custom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/04\/hybrid-vigor\/\">hybrids<\/a>, orchids still spawn new markets. For example, anyone can attach their name to a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleya<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/05\/cultivar-names\/\">cultivar<\/a> for $1500, offering the chance for their very own floral marquee. When it comes to being trendy, orchids have just gotten started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Black_orchid_Fredclarkeara_hybrid_800px.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12599\" title=\"Fredclarkeara, the &quot;black orchid&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Black_orchid_Fredclarkeara_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Fredclarkeara, the &quot;black orchid&quot;\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Black_orchid_Fredclarkeara_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Black_orchid_Fredclarkeara_hybrid_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Black_orchid_Fredclarkeara_hybrid_800px.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2012\/07\/15\/fashion\/20120715-ORCHIDS.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check the accompanying photo gallery in <em>The Times<\/em> to see Cattleya hybrids named in honor of Princess Diana, Queen  Elizabeth II, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martha Stewart, several first  ladies, and other celebrities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids have drawn the eye of The New York Times Fashion &amp; Style section. The Times laments that becoming a &#8220;grocery staple&#8221; has dulled the mystique of once-exotic orchids. While Phals have become common, however, tens of thousands of other varieties continue to inspire. From elusive black orchid flowers to custom hybrids, orchids still spawn [&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":[12,22,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fragrant-orchids","category-in-the-news","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12564","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=12564"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12618,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12564\/revisions\/12618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}