{"id":28499,"date":"2017-09-22T06:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=28499"},"modified":"2017-09-27T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T02:57:10","slug":"orchids-on-the-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/orchids-on-the-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids on the Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Orchids_in_the_Park_2017_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28507 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Orchids_in_the_Park_2017_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Orchid flowers, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Orchids_in_the_Park_2017_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Orchids_in_the_Park_2017_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Orchids_in_the_Park_2017_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Epidendrum_parkinsonianum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28503 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Epidendrum_parkinsonianum_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Epidendrum parkinsonianum, orchid species flowers, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Epidendrum_parkinsonianum_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Epidendrum_parkinsonianum_800px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Epidendrum_parkinsonianum_800px-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Epidendrum_parkinsonianum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28508 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_1_800px-128x77.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis flowers, Moth Orchid hybrids, Phals, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_1_800px-128x77.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_1_800px-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_1_800px-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_1_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\/09\/Laelia_purpurata_Hot_Night_AM_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28504 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Laelia_purpurata_Hot_Night_AM_AOS_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Laelia purpurata 'Hot Night' AM\/AOS, orchid species, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Laelia_purpurata_Hot_Night_AM_AOS_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Laelia_purpurata_Hot_Night_AM_AOS_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Laelia_purpurata_Hot_Night_AM_AOS_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Laelia_purpurata_Hot_Night_AM_AOS_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Masdevallia_picea_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28506 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Masdevallia_picea_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia picea, orchid species flower, Pleurothallid, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Masdevallia_picea_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Masdevallia_picea_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Masdevallia_picea_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Masdevallia_picea_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Aliceara_Hilo_Ablaze_Hilo_Gold_HCC_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28501 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Aliceara_Hilo_Ablaze_Hilo_Gold_HCC_AOS_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Aliceara Hilo Ablaze 'Hilo Gold' HCC\/AOS, orchid hybrid flower, close up of flower lip, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Aliceara_Hilo_Ablaze_Hilo_Gold_HCC_AOS_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Aliceara_Hilo_Ablaze_Hilo_Gold_HCC_AOS_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Aliceara_Hilo_Ablaze_Hilo_Gold_HCC_AOS_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Delight in these orchids to mark today&#8217;s equinox. They&#8217;re all from this past July&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/19\/even-more-from-orchids-in-the-park\/\">Orchids in the Park<\/a>. With an incredible range of colors, shapes, and scents, they seem as distantly related as an oak tree is from an oyster.\u00a0 But superficial appearances are so often misleading. These orchids share a basic design which runs much deeper than their various facades. With the arrival of autumn in California, the diverse orchid family blooms on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lycaste_Shonan_Harmony_x_Auburn_Red_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28505 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lycaste_Shonan_Harmony_x_Auburn_Red_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Lycaste (Shonan Harmony x Auburn 'Red'), close-up of orchid hybrid flower, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lycaste_Shonan_Harmony_x_Auburn_Red_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lycaste_Shonan_Harmony_x_Auburn_Red_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lycaste_Shonan_Harmony_x_Auburn_Red_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lycaste_Shonan_Harmony_x_Auburn_Red_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pleurothallis_hitchcockii_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28510 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pleurothallis_hitchcockii_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Pleurothallis hitchcockii, orchid species flowers, Pleurothallid, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pleurothallis_hitchcockii_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pleurothallis_hitchcockii_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pleurothallis_hitchcockii_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pleurothallis_hitchcockii_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28502 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya orchid hybrid flower, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/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\/09\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28512 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Zygopetalum Advance Australia 'HOF' AM\/AOS, orchid hybrid flowers, Zygo, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Zygopetalum_Advance_Australia_HOF_AM_AOS_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/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\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28509 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_2_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis flowers, Moth Orchid hybrids, Phals, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_2_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_2_800px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_2_800px-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_2_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stanhopea_wardii_800px-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28511 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stanhopea_wardii_800px-1-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Stanhopea wardii, orchid species flowers, weird flowers, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stanhopea_wardii_800px-1-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stanhopea_wardii_800px-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Stanhopea_wardii_800px-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delight in these orchids to mark today&#8217;s equinox. They&#8217;re all from this past July&#8217;s Orchids in the Park. With an incredible range of colors, shapes, and scents, they seem as distantly related as an oak tree is from an oyster.\u00a0 But superficial appearances are so often misleading. These orchids share a basic design which runs [&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-28499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28499","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=28499"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28533,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28499\/revisions\/28533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}