{"id":23441,"date":"2015-12-11T06:45:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T14:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=23441"},"modified":"2016-02-27T22:27:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T06:27:19","slug":"blue-moth-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/11\/blue-moth-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Moth Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are these blue Moth Orchids too good to be true? Well, yes, they are. There are no true blue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Moth Orchids<\/a>. Instead, these plants have white flowers which have been injected with dye. That info is contained somewhere on the label, but many people don&#8217;t spot it, and don&#8217;t realize that these aren&#8217;t what they seem. Some customers have felt cheated when the color fades on subsequent blooms, and eventually dims to white.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23669 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Moth Orchid hybrids, Phalaenopsis flowers dyed blue, on sale in a supermarket\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23670 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_2_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Moth Orchid hybrids, Phalaenopsis flowers dyed blue, on sale in a supermarket\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_2_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_2_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_2_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23671 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_3_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Moth Orchid hybrids, Phalaenopsis flowers dyed blue, on sale in a supermarket\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_3_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_3_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_3_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dyed flowers are nothing new. Florists have long sold dyed cut flowers (I&#8217;ve even seen green roses and mums for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day!) The technology to inject dye into living orchid plants, however, has only been around for a few years. Other colors are used, too, but blue seems to be the most popular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_4_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23672 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_4_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Moth Orchid hybrids, Phalaenopsis flowers dyed blue, on sale in a supermarket\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_4_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_4_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_4_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_5_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23673 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_5_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Moth Orchid hybrid, Phalaenopsis flower dyed blue, on sale in a supermarket\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_5_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_5_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_5_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_6_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23674 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_6_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Moth Orchid hybrid, Phalaenopsis flower and bud dyed blue, on sale in a supermarket\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_6_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_6_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Phalaenopsis_dyed_blue_6_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many orchid lovers despise these artificial color flowers. Certainly, the criticism that this is &#8220;gilding the lily&#8221; seems fitting. Personally, I prefer more natural beauty, and less chemical tricks. But, to each their own. Meanwhile, orchid hybridizers and geneticists are racing to make true blue Moth Orchids. For now, these dye jobs are the only way to own one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are these blue Moth Orchids too good to be true? Well, yes, they are. There are no true blue Moth Orchids. Instead, these plants have white flowers which have been injected with dye. That info is contained somewhere on the label, but many people don&#8217;t spot it, and don&#8217;t realize that these aren&#8217;t what they [&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":[20,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23441","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=23441"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23699,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23441\/revisions\/23699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}