{"id":1778,"date":"2010-01-03T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T22:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2010-06-11T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T17:10:44","slug":"orchids-are-tougher-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/03\/orchids-are-tougher-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids Are Tougher Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If that beautiful orchid you received as a holiday present is now causing you panic attacks and nightmares, take a deep breath. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/index.html\">some basic care info<\/a>, you&#8217;ll realize that many orchids are tough plants, and their finicky reputation is a myth. It will help <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/index.html\">to identify your orchid<\/a> to determine its specific <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">light<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">temperature<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> needs. The most common orchids sold today are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Moth Orchids or Phals<\/a>, so they&#8217;re a good place to start.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite possible that your gift orchid started its life in Taiwan, the world&#8217;s leader in commercial orchid production. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/breaking-news\/ci_14103306\">This great article from the <em>San Jose Mercury News<\/em> (article no longer available)<\/a> tells the story of Taiwan&#8217;s growing orchid industry, and how mass production technology has brought down prices. Orchids that may have cost thousands of dollars a few decades ago now sell in garden centers and grocery stores for just $10-$15. In addition to lowering prices, Taiwan&#8217;s growers have created many tough hybrids capable of being shipped around the world, and able to survive abuse and neglect. Is that holiday present looking a little less scary now?<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; top: 0px; left: -10000px;\">Just a few decades ago,<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If that beautiful orchid you received as a holiday present is now causing you panic attacks and nightmares, take a deep breath. With some basic care info, you&#8217;ll realize that many orchids are tough plants, and their finicky reputation is a myth. It will help to identify your orchid to determine its specific light, temperature, [&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":[3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","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=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3792,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions\/3792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}