{"id":21632,"date":"2015-03-20T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=21632"},"modified":"2015-04-27T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:10:10","slug":"hello-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/20\/hello-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_Tourmaline_x_Bay_Breeze_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_Tourmaline_x_Bay_Breeze_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Tourmaline x Bay Breeze, orchid hybrid, deep red flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_Tourmaline_x_Bay_Breeze_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_Tourmaline_x_Bay_Breeze_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_Tourmaline_x_Bay_Breeze_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_schilleriana_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_schilleriana_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis schilleriana, Moth Orchid species with pink white and yellow flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_schilleriana_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_schilleriana_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phalaenopsis_schilleriana_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Eaglewood_Kana_Flash_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Eaglewood_Kana_Flash_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Eaglewood Kana 'Flash', orchid hybrid, green white and red flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Eaglewood_Kana_Flash_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Eaglewood_Kana_Flash_800px-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Eaglewood_Kana_Flash_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been digging deeper into our photos from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/12\/and-more-photos-from-the-pacific-orchid-expo\/\">the recent Pacific Orchid Expo<\/a>, and these blooms jumped out to help greet spring. In the the USA&#8217;s Northeast, today is a welcome finish to a frigid, snowy winter. Here in California, spring is the end to our hopes that a rainy winter would replenish our reservoirs. It&#8217;s no fun to start the season with a major drought, but it does make me appreciate these blooms even more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bulbophyllum_Elizabeth_Ann_Buckleberry_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bulbophyllum_Elizabeth_Ann_Buckleberry_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Ann 'Buckleberry', orchid hybrid, long skinny reddish purple and yellow flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bulbophyllum_Elizabeth_Ann_Buckleberry_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bulbophyllum_Elizabeth_Ann_Buckleberry_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bulbophyllum_Elizabeth_Ann_Buckleberry_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_spectabile_v_aureum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21639\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_spectabile_v_aureum_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium spectabile v aureum, orchid species, yellow and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_spectabile_v_aureum_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_spectabile_v_aureum_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dendrobium_spectabile_v_aureum_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanda_Pachara_Delight_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanda_Pachara_Delight_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Vanda Pachara Delight hybrid, orchid hybrid, deep blue flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanda_Pachara_Delight_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanda_Pachara_Delight_hybrid_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Vanda_Pachara_Delight_hybrid_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trichopilia_suavis_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trichopilia_suavis_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Trichopilia suavis, orchid species, pink yellow and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trichopilia_suavis_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trichopilia_suavis_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Trichopilia_suavis_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Lucky_Gloria_Miss_Kim_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Lucky_Gloria_Miss_Kim_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Lucky Gloria 'Miss Kim', orchid hybrid, pink yellow and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Lucky_Gloria_Miss_Kim_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Lucky_Gloria_Miss_Kim_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cymbidium_Lucky_Gloria_Miss_Kim_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_caesia_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_caesia_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia caesia, orchid species, yellow and reddish purple flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_caesia_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_caesia_800px-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Masdevallia_caesia_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been digging deeper into our photos from the recent Pacific Orchid Expo, and these blooms jumped out to help greet spring. In the the USA&#8217;s Northeast, today is a welcome finish to a frigid, snowy winter. Here in California, spring is the end to our hopes that a rainy winter would replenish our reservoirs. [&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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632","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=21632"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21953,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632\/revisions\/21953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}