{"id":26599,"date":"2016-12-18T18:42:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T02:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=26599"},"modified":"2017-01-22T08:15:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T16:15:11","slug":"cattleya-charms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/18\/cattleya-charms\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattleya Charms"},"content":{"rendered":"

As winter’s chill arrives, this brilliant tropical Cattleya<\/a> is inspiring lots of warm thoughts in our home. It’s been boasting vivid purple and white blooms for over a month. In addition to their stunning colors, they emit a sweet, spicy fragrance.<\/p>\n

\"Laeliocattleya<\/a>\"Laeliocattleya<\/a>\"Laeliocattleya<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s no wonder that Cattleyas have been favorite corsage orchids for decades. Along with their captivating hues and rich scents, many varieties have fascinating wavy, fringed petals, especially on the flower lip. The undulating edges on these\u00a0eye-catching blooms add interest and allure.<\/p>\n

\"Laeliocattleya<\/a>\"Laeliocattleya<\/a>\"Laeliocattleya<\/a><\/p>\n

This hybrid<\/a> is Laeliocattleya Nice Holiday ‘Suntopia’ HCC\/AOS. A complicated name like that provides a good chance for a refresher on deciphering orchid nametags<\/a>. The first word, Laeliocattleya<\/em>, is a combination of the genus names Laelia and Cattleya<\/a>. The hybrid name<\/a> is Nice Holiday<\/em>, and the cultivar name<\/a> is ‘Suntopia’<\/em>. This cultivar has earned a Highly Commended Certificate from the American Orchid Society, and that award becomes part of the plant name, too<\/a>, as HCC\/AOS<\/em>. All together, it’s a lot of syllables to describe Cattleya charms.<\/p>\n

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As winter’s chill arrives, this brilliant tropical Cattleya is inspiring lots of warm thoughts in our home. It’s been boasting vivid purple and white blooms for over a month. In addition to their stunning colors, they emit a sweet, spicy fragrance. It’s no wonder that Cattleyas have been favorite corsage orchids for decades. Along with […]<\/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":[12,18,26,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fragrant-orchids","category-intermediate-growers","category-orchid-names","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26599","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=26599"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26653,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26599\/revisions\/26653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}