{"id":27254,"date":"2017-03-20T14:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T22:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=27254"},"modified":"2017-03-30T06:58:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:58:21","slug":"orchids-to-celebrate-the-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/20\/orchids-to-celebrate-the-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids to Celebrate the Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27267 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Zygopetalum Advance Australia 'HOF' AM\/AOS, Zygo orchid hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrids_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27265 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrids_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis hybrid flowers, Moth Orchids, Phal orchids, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrids_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrids_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phalaenopsis_hybrids_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27257 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_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\/2017\/03\/Masdevallia_flower_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27262 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Masdevallia_flower_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia flower, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Masdevallia_flower_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Masdevallia_flower_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Masdevallia_flower_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Clarisse_Austin_Highland_Red_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27258 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Clarisse_Austin_Highland_Red_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Clarisse Austin 'Highland Red', orchid hybrid flowers, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Clarisse_Austin_Highland_Red_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Clarisse_Austin_Highland_Red_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Clarisse_Austin_Highland_Red_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Oncidium_Irish_Mist_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27264 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Oncidium_Irish_Mist_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium Irish Mist, orchid hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Oncidium_Irish_Mist_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Oncidium_Irish_Mist_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Oncidium_Irish_Mist_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Oncidium_Irish_Mist_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As today&#8217;s equinox brings spring to Northern California, we&#8217;re happy to be done with our long drought. Lots of strong storms over the winter have filled reservoirs and piled up the Sierra snowpack, but they have also caused some damage. We&#8217;ve had some minor problems in our garden, but most of the bruises on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/outdoor.html\">outdoor orchids<\/a> have been the result of hailstorms. Fortunately for this post, all these photos are from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/17\/more-from-the-pacific-orchid-and-garden-expo\/\">San Francisco&#8217;s recent orchid show<\/a>, not from our garden. With more heavy rains forecast for us later this week, our outdoors plants won&#8217;t be ready to show off their blooms for a little while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_polysema_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27261 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_polysema_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium polysema, orchid species with fuzzy fringed flowers, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_polysema_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_polysema_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_polysema_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_polysema_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_flower_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27256 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_flower_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya flower, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_flower_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_flower_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_flower_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cattleya_flower_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_moniliforme_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27260 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_moniliforme_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium moniliforme, miniature orchid species flower, Sekkoku, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_moniliforme_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_moniliforme_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_moniliforme_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Dendrobium_moniliforme_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phragmipedium_besseae_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27266 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phragmipedium_besseae_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Phragmipedium besseae, Lady Slipper orchid species, aka Phrag, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phragmipedium_besseae_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phragmipedium_besseae_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phragmipedium_besseae_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Phragmipedium_besseae_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Olive_Street_x_Sarah_Jean_Pearl_Fall_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27259 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Olive_Street_x_Sarah_Jean_Pearl_Fall_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Olive Street x Cym. Sarah Jean 'Pearl Fall', orchid hybrid flowers, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Olive_Street_x_Sarah_Jean_Pearl_Fall_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Olive_Street_x_Sarah_Jean_Pearl_Fall_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cymbidium_Olive_Street_x_Sarah_Jean_Pearl_Fall_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miltonia_flower_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27263 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miltonia_flower_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Miltonia hybrid flower, orchid hybrid flowers, Pacific Orchid and Garden Exposition 2017, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miltonia_flower_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miltonia_flower_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miltonia_flower_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Miltonia_flower_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As today&#8217;s equinox brings spring to Northern California, we&#8217;re happy to be done with our long drought. Lots of strong storms over the winter have filled reservoirs and piled up the Sierra snowpack, but they have also caused some damage. We&#8217;ve had some minor problems in our garden, but most of the bruises on my [&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-27254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27254","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=27254"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27292,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27254\/revisions\/27292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}