{"id":15587,"date":"2013-06-04T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=15587"},"modified":"2013-07-22T08:32:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T16:32:29","slug":"phal-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/04\/phal-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Phal Species"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a world full of hybrid Moth Orchids<\/a>, it’s always a pleasant surprise to find a species. Typically seen with dark red spots and stripes, this species, Phalaenopsis mannii, also occurs with yellow flowers. This variation is known as Phalaenopsis mannii var. aurea. Its golden color, strange flower lip, and orange fragrance make it as interesting as any human-made hybrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Phalaenopsis<\/a>\"Close<\/a>\"Phal<\/a><\/p>\n

Like other Phals, this species is native to Southeast Asia. It grows in a wide range stretching from the eastern Indian Himalayas through Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar (Burma,) and Vietnam. There are several natural color varieties like those shown on this page of Phals.net.<\/a> Look closely to see the subtle white stripes on the lower sepals<\/a> of these yellow blooms.<\/p>\n

\"Flower<\/a>\"Close<\/a>\"Moth<\/a><\/p>\n

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These elegant, star-shaped flowers can last 3 months. As a species whose leaves like to hang down, it grows best when mounted<\/a>. The roots can grow as long as 12 feet (4 meters). I bought this plant 3 years ago at a local orchid show, and it’s happy mounted on treefern in high humidity<\/a>. The golden blossoms appear in spring among its long, straggly roots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Flower<\/a>\"White<\/a>\"Flower<\/a><\/div>\n
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In a world full of hybrid Moth Orchids, it’s always a pleasant surprise to find a species. Typically seen with dark red spots and stripes, this species, Phalaenopsis mannii, also occurs with yellow flowers. This variation is known as Phalaenopsis mannii var. aurea. Its golden color, strange flower lip, and orange fragrance make it as […]<\/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":[12,3,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fragrant-orchids","category-growing","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587","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=15587"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15650,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587\/revisions\/15650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}