{"id":17277,"date":"2013-11-10T23:35:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T07:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=17277"},"modified":"2013-12-13T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T18:15:37","slug":"boat-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/10\/boat-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, or Boat Orchids, are some of the most popular orchids in the world. Their beauty and hardiness have helped turn them into favorite houseplants, cut flowers, and corsages. This current popularity is merely the latest chapter in their long history, since Cymbidiums have been cultivated in East Asia for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Winter_Fire_Splash_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17303\" alt=\"Cymbidium hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Winter_Fire_Splash_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Winter_Fire_Splash_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Winter_Fire_Splash_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Winter_Fire_Splash_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Mount_Vision_Hallelujah_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17299\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Mount_Vision_Hallelujah_800px-85x128.jpg\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Mount_Vision_Hallelujah_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Mount_Vision_Hallelujah_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Mount_Vision_Hallelujah_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Sarah_Mini_Pearl_Falls_x_Cym_Pearl_Dawson_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17301\" alt=\"Cymbidium hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Sarah_Mini_Pearl_Falls_x_Cym_Pearl_Dawson_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Sarah_Mini_Pearl_Falls_x_Cym_Pearl_Dawson_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Sarah_Mini_Pearl_Falls_x_Cym_Pearl_Dawson_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Sarah_Mini_Pearl_Falls_x_Cym_Pearl_Dawson_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are over 50 species of Boat Orchids, which occur naturally from the Himalayas through South Asia and East Asia, and into Northern Australia and the Philippines. Thousands of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/04\/hybrid-vigor\/\">hybrid<\/a> varieties, with new ones appearing all the time, ensure that Cymbidiums are always fashionable. Each flower stem can hold dozens of blooms, which can last for months. Some kinds have rich fragrances, but many are unscented.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Tri_Lip_Flamingo_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17302\" alt=\"Triple-lip Cymbidium flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Tri_Lip_Flamingo_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Tri_Lip_Flamingo_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Tri_Lip_Flamingo_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Tri_Lip_Flamingo_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17296\" alt=\"Cymbidium flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Pink_Snow_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17300\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Pink_Snow_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Pink_Snow_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Pink_Snow_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_Pink_Snow_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17295\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrids_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17298\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers and leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrids_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrids_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrids_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrids_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17297\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_800px-128x128.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To bloom, Cymbidiums need cool nights, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">temperature<\/a> drops of at least 10\u00b0 &#8211; 15\u00b0F (6\u00b0 &#8211; 8\u00b0C) below daytime highs. Boat Orchids can handle a wide range of temperatures, and they can even survive a light frost. They enjoy regular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/fertilizer.html\">fertilizer<\/a>. Some types have been grown in China, Korea, and Japan for over 2000 years. Traditionally kept in tall, slender pots, Boat Orchids have been frequent subjects for Asian art, literature, and poetry. For centuries, they have stood as elegant symbols of nobility and friendship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_small_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17292\" alt=\"Cymbidium species in traditional Asian pot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_small_800px-85x128.jpg\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_small_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_small_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_small_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Daisetsurei_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17294\" alt=\"Cymbidium species traditionally grown in East Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Daisetsurei_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Daisetsurei_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Daisetsurei_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Daisetsurei_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_erythrostylum_Heather_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17293\" alt=\"Cymbidium species\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_erythrostylum_Heather_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_erythrostylum_Heather_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_erythrostylum_Heather_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cymbidium_erythrostylum_Heather_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cymbidiums, or Boat Orchids, are some of the most popular orchids in the world. Their beauty and hardiness have helped turn them into favorite houseplants, cut flowers, and corsages. This current popularity is merely the latest chapter in their long history, since Cymbidiums have been cultivated in East Asia for thousands of years. There are [&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":[15,5,12,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-fertilizing","category-fragrant-orchids","category-photos","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17277","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=17277"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17705,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17277\/revisions\/17705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}