{"id":21093,"date":"2015-01-28T12:23:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=21093"},"modified":"2015-05-15T21:10:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T05:10:18","slug":"more-winter-orchid-exhibits-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/more-winter-orchid-exhibits-4\/","title":{"rendered":"More Winter Orchid Exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Botanical gardens in the USA and UK are hosting orchid exhibits. These seasonal events are great for a cold, gray day or a special valentine. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/16\/winter-orchid-exhibits-4\/\">Check this earlier post for more orchid exhibits.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 24 &#8211; April 26<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Washington DC, the Smithsonian Gardens and the United States Botanic Garden present <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardens.si.edu\/whats-happening\/orchid-exhibition.html\" target=\"_blank\">Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty<\/a>. Enjoy hundreds of orchids on display from the amazing collections of these esteemed institutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 31 \u2013 March 8<\/strong><br \/>\nVisit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbgarden.org\/orchid-mania.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Orchid Mania<\/a>, which is &#8220;Cleveland Botanical Garden\u2019s most fragrant and fanciful plant show.&#8221; This year&#8217;s Mardi Gras theme promises to heat up even the coldest winter day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 31 \u2013 March 22<\/strong><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouribotanicalgarden.org\/things-to-do\/events\/signature-events\/orchid-show.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">a tropical orchid oasis at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis<\/a>. Preview the big event with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mbgarchives\/sets\/72157626982470526\/\" target=\"_blank\">photos from previous years&#8217; exhibits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 7 &#8211; March 22<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the UK, Cambridge University\u2019s Botanic Garden presents its annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botanic.cam.ac.uk\/Botanic\/NewsItem.aspx?p=27&amp;ix=190&amp;pid=2722&amp;prcid=4&amp;ppid=2722\" target=\"_blank\">Orchid Festival<\/a>. Tropical rainforest displays will focus on wild orchid species and how they attract pollinators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 7 \u2013 March 8<\/strong><br \/>\nWarm up at Kew Gardens in London with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kew.org\/visit-kew-gardens\/whats-on\/orchids\" target=\"_blank\">Alluring Orchids 2015 &#8211; A Tropical Extravaganza<\/a>. Among the many vibrant displays, one room will include special lighting to reveal hidden ultraviolet colors used by some orchids to lure pollinators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botanical gardens in the USA and UK are hosting orchid exhibits. These seasonal events are great for a cold, gray day or a special valentine. Check this earlier post for more orchid exhibits. January 24 &#8211; April 26 In Washington DC, the Smithsonian Gardens and the United States Botanic Garden present Orchids: Interlocking Science and [&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":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21093","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=21093"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21185,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21093\/revisions\/21185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}