{"id":18499,"date":"2014-02-24T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=18499"},"modified":"2014-03-30T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T17:30:16","slug":"pacific-orchid-expo-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/pacific-orchid-expo-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Orchid Expo 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you didn&#8217;t make it to last weekend&#8217;s Pacific Orchid Expo in San Francisco, you missed an incredible show. This year&#8217;s displays featured thousands of varieties of extraordinary flowers. With so many photographic treats in every direction, it was tough to know which way to turn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Phragmipedium_kovachii_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18507\" alt=\"Phragmipedium kovachii, Lady Slipper species, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Phragmipedium_kovachii_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Phragmipedium_kovachii_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Phragmipedium_kovachii_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Phragmipedium_kovachii_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrochilum_wenzelii_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18501\" alt=\"Dendrochilum wenzelii, orchid species mini flowers and leaves, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrochilum_wenzelii_800px-128x85.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrochilum_wenzelii_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrochilum_wenzelii_800px-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrochilum_wenzelii_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Paphiopedilum_display_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18506\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum display, Lady Slipper flowers and plants, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Paphiopedilum_display_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Paphiopedilum_display_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Paphiopedilum_display_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Paphiopedilum_display_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brilliant colors and rich fragrances beckoned from dozens of displays. Flowers as large as dinner plates always command attention, but sometimes it&#8217;s the tiny blooms which make people bend closer to exclaim their astonishment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dracula_x_venifica_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18502\" alt=\"Dracula x venifica, orchid hybrid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dracula_x_venifica_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dracula_x_venifica_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dracula_x_venifica_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dracula_x_venifica_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18500\" alt=\"Dendrobium Mingles Sapphire x goldschmidtianum, orchid hybrid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Trichopilia_marginata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18508\" alt=\"Trichopilia marginata, orchid species with awards at Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Trichopilia_marginata_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Trichopilia_marginata_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Trichopilia_marginata_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Trichopilia_marginata_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still sorting through our photos, and I&#8217;ll certainly have more to share. If you didn&#8217;t make it to this year&#8217;s remarkable show, don&#8217;t miss it next year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Masdevallia_ayabacana_Blumen_Insel_AM_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18504\" alt=\"Masdevallia ayabacana 'Blumen Insel' AM\/AOS, orchid species, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Masdevallia_ayabacana_Blumen_Insel_AM_AOS_800px-85x128.jpg\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Masdevallia_ayabacana_Blumen_Insel_AM_AOS_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Masdevallia_ayabacana_Blumen_Insel_AM_AOS_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Masdevallia_ayabacana_Blumen_Insel_AM_AOS_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2014_display_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18505\" alt=\"Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2014_display_800px-128x85.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2014_display_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2014_display_800px-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pacific_Orchid_Expo_2014_display_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lycaste_Hamana_x_Concolor_Gold_Country_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18503\" alt=\"Lycaste Hamana x Concolor 'Gold Country', orchid hybrid, flower bud opening, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lycaste_Hamana_x_Concolor_Gold_Country_800px-128x85.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lycaste_Hamana_x_Concolor_Gold_Country_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lycaste_Hamana_x_Concolor_Gold_Country_800px-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lycaste_Hamana_x_Concolor_Gold_Country_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you didn&#8217;t make it to last weekend&#8217;s Pacific Orchid Expo in San Francisco, you missed an incredible show. This year&#8217;s displays featured thousands of varieties of extraordinary flowers. With so many photographic treats in every direction, it was tough to know which way to turn. Brilliant colors and rich fragrances beckoned from dozens of [&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":[11,27,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-growing-orchids-in-san-francisco","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18499","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=18499"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18530,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18499\/revisions\/18530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}