{"id":20061,"date":"2014-09-28T18:13:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T02:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=20061"},"modified":"2014-12-12T20:33:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T04:33:45","slug":"lyon-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/28\/lyon-arboretum\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the verdant Manoa Valley above Honolulu, Lyon Arboretum<\/a> boasts a rainforest full of botanical treasures. Over 5000 plant varieties fill almost 200 acres (81 hectares) of jungle. There aren’t many orchids, but there are many other incredible tropical flowers and gorgeous views.<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a>\"View<\/a>\"Vireya<\/a><\/p>\n

Almost a century ago, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters\u2019 Association set this land aside to protect the watershed for growing sugarcane.<\/a> Now, Lyon Arboretum is run by the University of Hawai\u2018i at Manoa<\/a>, and shines as a world leader in tropical plant conservation. For visitors, there are over 7 miles (11 km) of hiking trails, which weave through different gardens, and up to a small waterfall. The grounds include a native Hawaiian garden, herb & spice garden, bromeliad garden, children’s garden, a palm garden with one of the largest collections in the world, and much more. With so many exotic plants, it’s jammed-packed with tropical beauty, especially when some leaves are colorful enough to compete with flowers.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a>\"Colorful<\/a>\"Green<\/a><\/p>\n

We found some orchids mounted on trees and branches, like the vanilla orchid vine<\/a> climbing up a tree trunk in the next photo. Unfortunately, none of the orchids were in bloom, but there was much more to capture our attention in the jungle trails. Besides the trees, plants, and birds, mosquitoes were another reminder of our rainforest location, and unfortunately we forgot to bring the bug spray. We got lots of itchy bites, so remember yours if you visit. We noticed that some locals hiking the trails were wearing long sleeves and long pants, which is a good alternative if you’re not fond of pesticides.<\/p>\n

\"<\/a>\"Etlingera<\/a>\"Moss<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Spiral<\/a>\"Rain<\/a>\"Aechmea<\/a><\/p>\n

In case these photos aren’t enough to convince you to visit Lyon Arboretum, I’ll have more pictures coming soon. Check out the Friends of Lyon Arboretum<\/a> to help support the gardens and keep them thriving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the verdant Manoa Valley above Honolulu, Lyon Arboretum boasts a rainforest full of botanical treasures. Over 5000 plant varieties fill almost 200 acres (81 hectares) of jungle. There aren’t many orchids, but there are many other incredible tropical flowers and gorgeous views. Almost a century ago, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters\u2019 Association set this land […]<\/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":[13,21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-conservation","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20061","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=20061"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20133,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20061\/revisions\/20133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}