{"id":13309,"date":"2013-07-28T21:25:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T05:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=13309"},"modified":"2013-09-09T09:29:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T17:29:40","slug":"orchids-as-national-emblems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/28\/orchids-as-national-emblems\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids As National Emblems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids are <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_flower\" target=\"_blank\">important symbols for many nations<\/a>. The countries listed below have picked native orchids as national flowers, and proud emblems of their natural heritage. Many hold special meanings, often associated with important holidays. Some of these species are endangered, and their national status helps promote their conservation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Belize<\/strong> &#8211; The Black Orchid, Prosthechea cochleata, is actually dark purple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Encyclia_cochleata_800px.jpg\">(first photo below.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Brazil<\/strong> &#8211; Many Brazilians regard <a href=\"http:\/\/national-flowers.info\/2010\/12\/21\/national-flower-brazil-cattleya-labiata\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cattleya labiata<\/a> as their unofficial national flower, alongside the official flower of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tabebuia_chrysotricha\" target=\"_blank\">the\u00a0Golden Trumpet Tree<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cayman Islands<\/strong> &#8211; The Wild Banana Orchid, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.ky\/index.php\/info-sheets\/wild-banana-orchid\" target=\"_blank\">Myrmecophila thomsoniana<\/a>, grows on a few islands in the Caribbean.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Costa Rica<\/strong> &#8211; Known locally as <em>Guaria Morada<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ranchomastatal.com\/pages\/photos\/show_photo2.php?id=459\" target=\"_blank\">Guarianthe skinneri<\/a> is in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleya<\/a> family.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colombia<\/strong> &#8211; The Christmas Orchid, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chadwickorchids.com\/trianaei\" target=\"_blank\">Cattleya trianei<\/a>, blooms in winter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guatemala<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Monja Blanca<\/em>, or &#8220;White Nun,&#8221; is a white variety of the pink Lycaste skinneri <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Lycaste_skinneri_800px.jpg\">(second photo below.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Honduras<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cattleya.wikidot.com\/rhyncholaelia-digbyana\" target=\"_blank\">Rhyncholaelia digbyana<\/a>, known locally as <em>Orqu\u00eddea Brassavola,<\/em> has been a popular Cattleya <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/04\/hybrid-vigor\/\">hybrid<\/a> parent for over a century.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indonesia<\/strong> &#8211; The Moon Orchid, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phalaenopsis_amabilis\" target=\"_blank\">Phalaenopsis amabilis<\/a>, is one of the country&#8217;s three national flowers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panama<\/strong> &#8211; <em>La Flor del\u00a0Esp\u00edritu Santo,<\/em> or &#8220;The Holy Ghost Orchid,&#8221; has ivory white blooms. Its scientific name is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peristeria_elata\" target=\"_blank\">Peristeria elata<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philippines<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/22\/philippines-chooses-vanda-as-new-national-flower\/\">Euanthe sanderiana<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vanda<\/a> family is being added to the Philippine&#8217;s list of national flowers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seychelles<\/strong> &#8211; The Tropicbird Orchid, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalvisions.co.uk\/ImageDetail.aspx?imdet=43411\" target=\"_blank\">Angraecum eburneum<\/a>, has a long nectar spur resembling the long tail of a <a href=\"http:\/\/thelife-animal.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/tropicbird.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tropicbird<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Singapore<\/strong> &#8211; Vanda Miss Joaquim is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/04\/hybrid-vigor\/\">hybrid<\/a> between two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vanda<\/a> species <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vanda_Miss_Joaquim_800px.jpg\">(third photo below.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Venezuela<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Flor de Mayo, <\/em>or &#8220;May Flower,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chadwickorchids.com\/mossiae\" target=\"_blank\">Cattleya mossiae<\/a>, blooms in spring during Easter celebrations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Encyclia_cochleata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-16170\" alt=\"Black Orchid, the national flower of Belize\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Encyclia_cochleata_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Encyclia_cochleata_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Encyclia_cochleata_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Encyclia_cochleata_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Lycaste_skinneri_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-16171\" alt=\"Monja Blanca, White Lycaste skinneri, the national flower of Guatemala\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Lycaste_skinneri_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Lycaste_skinneri_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Lycaste_skinneri_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Lycaste_skinneri_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vanda_Miss_Joaquim_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-16172\" alt=\"Vanda Miss Joaquim, the national flower of Singapore\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vanda_Miss_Joaquim_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vanda_Miss_Joaquim_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vanda_Miss_Joaquim_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vanda_Miss_Joaquim_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids are important symbols for many nations. The countries listed below have picked native orchids as national flowers, and proud emblems of their natural heritage. Many hold special meanings, often associated with important holidays. Some of these species are endangered, and their national status helps promote their conservation. Belize &#8211; The Black Orchid, Prosthechea cochleata, [&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":[21,20,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","category-misc","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13309","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=13309"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16223,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13309\/revisions\/16223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}