{"id":24561,"date":"2016-03-20T07:35:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T15:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=24561"},"modified":"2016-04-23T16:35:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T00:35:20","slug":"equinox-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/20\/equinox-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Equinox Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24565 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium pendulum, orchid species flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cymbidium_Wild_Leopard_Stirling_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24563 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cymbidium_Wild_Leopard_Stirling_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Wild Leopard 'Stirling', orchid hybrid flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cymbidium_Wild_Leopard_Stirling_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cymbidium_Wild_Leopard_Stirling_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cymbidium_Wild_Leopard_Stirling_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phragmipedium_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24569 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phragmipedium_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Phragmipedium, Lady Slipper orchid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phragmipedium_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phragmipedium_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phragmipedium_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are always plenty of orchids to celebrate today&#8217;s spring equinox. Here are a few more of Dave&#8217;s photos from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/06\/more-photos-from-pacific-orchid-expo-2016\/\">the recent Pacific Orchid Expo<\/a> to mark the change of seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24570 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Rossioglossum Rawdon Jester, orchid hybrid flower close up, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_decumana_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24566 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_decumana_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia decumana, orchid species flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_decumana_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_decumana_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_decumana_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Zygopetalum_Adelaide_Meadows_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24571 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Zygopetalum_Adelaide_Meadows_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Zygopetalum Adelaide Meadows, orchid hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Zygopetalum_Adelaide_Meadows_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Zygopetalum_Adelaide_Meadows_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Zygopetalum_Adelaide_Meadows_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_Jackaroo_Down_Under_Thunder_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24564 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_Jackaroo_Down_Under_Thunder_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Jackaroo 'Down Under Thunder', orchid hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_Jackaroo_Down_Under_Thunder_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_Jackaroo_Down_Under_Thunder_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dendrobium_Jackaroo_Down_Under_Thunder_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_Tiger_Bay_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24567 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_Tiger_Bay_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Tiger Bay, orchid hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_Tiger_Bay_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_Tiger_Bay_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Masdevallia_Tiger_Bay_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phalaenopsis_Orchid_World_Bonnie_Vasquez_AM_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24568 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phalaenopsis_Orchid_World_Bonnie_Vasquez_AM_AOS_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis Orchid World 'Bonnie Vasquez' AM\/AOS, Moth Orchid hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phalaenopsis_Orchid_World_Bonnie_Vasquez_AM_AOS_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phalaenopsis_Orchid_World_Bonnie_Vasquez_AM_AOS_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Phalaenopsis_Orchid_World_Bonnie_Vasquez_AM_AOS_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here on the California coast, today brings official end to a rainy winter. It hasn&#8217;t ended our drought yet, but many reservoirs are full, and the hills are green again. It&#8217;s a great springtime bonus. Happy equinox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are always plenty of orchids to celebrate today&#8217;s spring equinox. Here are a few more of Dave&#8217;s photos from the recent Pacific Orchid Expo to mark the change of seasons. Here on the California coast, today brings official end to a rainy winter. It hasn&#8217;t ended our drought yet, but many reservoirs are full, [&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-24561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24561","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=24561"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24594,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24561\/revisions\/24594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}