{"id":14072,"date":"2014-04-07T20:40:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T04:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=14072"},"modified":"2014-06-03T17:55:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T01:55:56","slug":"orchid-post-mortem-myoxanthus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/07\/orchid-post-mortem-myoxanthus\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Post Mortem: Myoxanthus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, I&#8217;m reminded of the adage that you&#8217;re not an orchid expert until you&#8217;ve killed your weight in orchids. I passed that milestone long ago, and while I kill fewer now, occasionally a weight is added to the scales. For example, I lost this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/20\/myoxanthus\/\">Myoxanthus<\/a> over the past winter. It died after some cold nights in January, when nighttime <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">temps<\/a> were barely above freezing. With the past few months spent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/13\/orchid-eviction\/\">finding a new home and moving<\/a>, I didn&#8217;t have time to blog about it until now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18707\" alt=\"Myoxanthus serripetalus, orchid species, grown outdoors in San Francisco, Masdevallia relative\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18708\" alt=\"Myoxanthus serripetalus, orchid species, grown outdoors in San Francisco, Masdevallia relative\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_2_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_2_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_2_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_2_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_5_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18711\" alt=\"Myoxanthus serripetalus, orchid species, grown outdoors in San Francisco, Masdevallia relative, side view of flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_5_800px-128x85.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_5_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_5_800px-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_5_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallia<\/a> relative lived <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/outdoor.html\">outdoors<\/a> for years. As a shy bloomer whose peculiar flowers hung upside down, it wasn&#8217;t the most photogenic orchid. Its blooms had a mild aroma of rotten food, but since I kept it outdoors, it never bothered me. If I ever again encounter this unusual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/category\/cool-growers\/\">cool grower<\/a> from the Andes, I&#8217;ll know to protect it from temps under 40\u00b0F (4\u00b0C.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18709\" alt=\"Myoxanthus serripetalus, orchid species, grown outdoors in San Francisco, Masdevallia relative\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_3_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_3_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_3_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_3_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_6_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18712\" alt=\"Myoxanthus serripetalus, orchid species, grown outdoors in San Francisco, Masdevallia relative, side view of flower bud opening\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_6_800px-85x128.jpg\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_6_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_6_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_6_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_4_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18710\" alt=\"Myoxanthus serripetalus, orchid species, grown outdoors in San Francisco, Masdevallia relative\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_4_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_4_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_4_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Myoxanthus_serripetalus_4_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, I&#8217;m reminded of the adage that you&#8217;re not an orchid expert until you&#8217;ve killed your weight in orchids. I passed that milestone long ago, and while I kill fewer now, occasionally a weight is added to the scales. For example, I lost this Myoxanthus over the past winter. It died after [&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":[15,12,19,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-fragrant-orchids","category-mini-orchids","category-photos","category-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072","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=14072"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18744,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions\/18744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}