{"id":1279,"date":"2009-11-20T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2010-09-21T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T17:09:55","slug":"sobralia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/20\/sobralia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobralia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sobralia flowers never fail to\u00a0 impress. Many species in this genus have big blooms. With flowers as large as 10 inches (25 cm,) this species is one of the most remarkable in the family.<\/p>\n

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

The flowers look like Cattleyas<\/a>, but the similarities end there. Unlike Cattleyas, this Sobralia species likes heavy water<\/a> and fertilizer<\/a>, and doesn\u2019t mind cool temperatures<\/a>. Native to rainforests from Mexico to Costa Rica, it grows in a wide variety of conditions. It lives at elevations as high as 11,000 feet (3400 m.) That helps explain why it can tolerate a wide range of temperatures. Mine lives outdoors on the deck all year, and I try to keep it on the dry side for its winter dormancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Sobralias like to be potted<\/a> in small pots and dislike repotting. Their bamboo-like leaves grow on strong stems. Although this species can grow up to 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, my plant is only 1.5 feet (0.5 m.) The contrast of such a large flower on a short plant provides a striking effect.<\/p>\n

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

native to a variety of habitats from Mexico to Costa Rica,<\/p>\n

where it lives at elevations as high as 11,000 feet (3400<\/p>\n

m.) That helps explain why it can tolerate a wide range of<\/p>\n

temperatures.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sobralia flowers never fail to\u00a0 impress. Many species in this genus have big blooms. With flowers as large as 10 inches (25 cm,) this species is one of the most remarkable in the family. The flowers look like Cattleyas, but the similarities end there. Unlike Cattleyas, this Sobralia species likes heavy water and fertilizer, and […]<\/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":[9,5,12,18,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dormancy","category-fertilizing","category-fragrant-orchids","category-intermediate-growers","category-photos","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","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=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}