{"id":15883,"date":"2013-06-25T21:48:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T05:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=15883"},"modified":"2013-10-26T11:05:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T19:05:37","slug":"easy-breezy-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/25\/easy-breezy-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Breezy Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like people, orchids need to breathe fresh air. A stale or stagnant environment leads to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/problems\/index.html\">pests and diseases<\/a>. Moving air evaporates excess water, and cools leaves and roots.<\/p>\n<p>In their wild homes, orchids live in gentle\u00a0breezes and strong winds. As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/17\/up-a-tree-2\/\">air plants<\/a>, their leaves and roots blow in the rainforest canopy. In homes and offices, orchids need good ventilation.<\/p>\n<p>To improve circulation, keep plants near an open window, or turn a fan on slow speed. When it&#8217;s warm enough, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/18\/give-your-orchids-a-summer-vacation\/\">move plants outdoors. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Growers in homes and offices often rely on heaters and air conditioners for air movement. Be sure to keep <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">humidity<\/a> high; orchids want moist breezes. Providing fresh air is an easy way to help your orchid breathe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like people, orchids need to breathe fresh air. A stale or stagnant environment leads to pests and diseases. Moving air evaporates excess water, and cools leaves and roots. In their wild homes, orchids live in gentle\u00a0breezes and strong winds. As air plants, their leaves and roots blow in the rainforest canopy. In homes and offices, [&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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883","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=15883"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15928,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15883\/revisions\/15928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}