{"id":21497,"date":"2015-03-07T21:32:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T05:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=21497"},"modified":"2015-04-20T08:11:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T16:11:38","slug":"orchids-for-chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/07\/orchids-for-chinese-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids for Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2015\/02\/19\/chinese-new-year-the-year-of-the-ram-or-sheep-or-goat-or-something-like-that\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Year of the Ram<\/a>, and Chinese New Year is a great time for orchids. For millennia, orchids, especially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, have been treasured in East Asia for their rich fragrances and graceful foliage. Nowadays, they are popular gifts and decorations for Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confucius\" target=\"_blank\">Confucius<\/a> cemented orchids into Chinese culture over 2500 years ago by praising <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiasentinel.com\/alice-poon\/culture\/the-orchid-and-confucius\/\" target=\"_blank\">their nobility and sweet fragrance<\/a>. The first three photos below show modern examples of these celebrated Chinese orchids. These traditional varieties are smaller, and more expensive, than most modern Cymbidium <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/04\/hybrid-vigor\/\">hybrids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium ensifolium Keiran small, light green red and white flowers, Chinese orchid species in gold white and black traditonal flowerpot, Pacific Orchid Expo 2011, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_ensifolium_Keiran_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Setsuzan_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21509\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Setsuzan_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium goeringii 'Setsuzan' Pacific Orchid Expo 2010, traditional Chinese Orchid species with green yellow white red flowers, graceful variegated leaves, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Setsuzan_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Setsuzan_800px-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Setsuzan_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_sinense_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_sinense_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium sinense, Chinese orchid species with red and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2014, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_sinense_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_sinense_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_sinense_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lunar New Year is celebrated in China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and in Asian communities throughout the world. Cymbidiums are always popular for the holiday, but so are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Moth Orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleyas<\/a>, and others. The orchid hybrids pictured below are all great choices to wish happiness and prosperity in the new year. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinahighlights.com\/travelguide\/festivals\/chinese-new-year-flowers-and-fruits.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read about other lucky flowers and fruits for Chinese New Year here.<\/a> Happy Lunar New Year! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theschoolbell.com\/Links\/Chinatown\/Window_dec.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gung hay fat choy!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_hybrid_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium hybrid with purple and white flowers, Orchids in the Park 2012, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_hybrid_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_hybrid_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_hybrid_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis hybrid, Moth Orchid flower, Kawamoto Orchid Nursery, Honolulu, Hawaii\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Chuk_Nam_Moi_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21507\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Chuk_Nam_Moi_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Chuk Nam Moi, orchid hybrid with yellow red and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2010, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Chuk_Nam_Moi_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Chuk_Nam_Moi_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Chuk_Nam_Moi_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the Year of the Ram, and Chinese New Year is a great time for orchids. For millennia, orchids, especially Cymbidiums, have been treasured in East Asia for their rich fragrances and graceful foliage. Nowadays, they are popular gifts and decorations for Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. Confucius [&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":[20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21497","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=21497"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21890,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21497\/revisions\/21890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}