{"id":13898,"date":"2013-01-07T22:29:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T06:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=13898"},"modified":"2013-04-24T21:50:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T05:50:06","slug":"winter-orchid-exhibits-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/07\/winter-orchid-exhibits-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Orchid Exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of snow? Eager to see colors besides gray and brown? Orchids abound in winter exhibits at these botanical gardens around the USA. All offer a chance for an easy tropical getaway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 9 &#8211; February 24<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.botanicgardens.org\/events-exhibits\/special-events\/orchid-showcase\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Botanic Gardens displays over a thousand blooms in its Orchid Showcase.<\/a> This year&#8217;s exhibit will take place in the Orangery and Marnie&#8217;s Pavilion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January\u00a012 &#8211; February 24<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/phipps.conservatory.org\/exhibits-and-events\/featured-event.aspx?eventid=451\" target=\"_blank\">In Pittsburgh, Phipp&#8217;s Conservatory pairs up &#8220;two of nature&#8217;s finest art forms&#8221; for the Orchid and Tropical Bonsai Show.<\/a> Phipp&#8217;s features orchid displays, orchid growing tips, and a special display of orchid lab equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 12 \u2013 April 7<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpconservatory.org\/exhibitions.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Orchids! at Franklin Park Conservatory provides Columbus, Ohio with a winter escape.<\/a> Lasting almost three months, the exhibition includes daily orchid presentations and educational programs\u00a0in the Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 19 &#8211; March 10<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsbg.org\/events_detail.php?id=2040#title\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont, North Carolina has something for everyone in this year&#8217;s Orchid Spectacular.<\/a> The event includes Landscapes to Life by collage artist Arless Day, incorporating orchids as living art.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 19 &#8211; March 24<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longwoodgardens.org\/orchidextravaganza.html\" target=\"_blank\">An Orchid Extravaganza continues the long orchid tradition at Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia.<\/a> Enjoy thousands of orchids on display, and don&#8217;t miss the rare blue poppies in their March bloom, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of snow? Eager to see colors besides gray and brown? Orchids abound in winter exhibits at these botanical gardens around the USA. All offer a chance for an easy tropical getaway. January 9 &#8211; February 24 Denver Botanic Gardens displays over a thousand blooms in its Orchid Showcase. This year&#8217;s exhibit will take place [&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":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13898","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=13898"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15188,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13898\/revisions\/15188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}