{"id":28756,"date":"2017-11-06T07:02:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=28756"},"modified":"2017-11-13T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T02:48:15","slug":"and-more-from-the-conservatory-of-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/and-more-from-the-conservatory-of-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"And More from the Conservatory of Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_violacea_var_coerulea_HP_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28763 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_violacea_var_coerulea_HP_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis violacea var. coerulea HP, orchid species flower, Phal, Moth Orchid, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_violacea_var_coerulea_HP_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_violacea_var_coerulea_HP_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_violacea_var_coerulea_HP_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_violacea_var_coerulea_HP_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Coelogyne_pandurata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28759 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Coelogyne_pandurata_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Coelogyne pandurata, orchid species flowers, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Coelogyne_pandurata_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Coelogyne_pandurata_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Coelogyne_pandurata_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_equestris_var_blue_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28762 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_equestris_var_blue_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis equestris var. blue, orchid species flower, Phal, Moth Orchid, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_equestris_var_blue_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_equestris_var_blue_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_equestris_var_blue_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Phalaenopsis_equestris_var_blue_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco&#8217;s Conservatory of Flowers is so packed with remarkable plants that there&#8217;s always more to explore. I&#8217;ve already done <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/10\/orchids-in-the-conservatory-of-flowers\/\">a few posts about our recent visit<\/a>, but I still have photos to share. There are plenty more orchids, from brilliant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Moth Orchids<\/a> to bizarre Bulbophyllums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bulbophyllum_grandiflorum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28758 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bulbophyllum_grandiflorum_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Bulbophyllum grandiflorum, orchid species flower, weird flower, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bulbophyllum_grandiflorum_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bulbophyllum_grandiflorum_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bulbophyllum_grandiflorum_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bulbophyllum_grandiflorum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28765 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_1_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Stanhopea tigrina, orchid species flower, weird flower, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_1_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_1_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_1_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_1_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28766 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_2_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Stanhopea tigrina, orchid species flower, weird flower, close up of flower lip, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_2_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_2_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Stanhopea_tigrina_2_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pleurothallis_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28764 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pleurothallis_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Pleurothallis orchid species flower, weird flower, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pleurothallis_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pleurothallis_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pleurothallis_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dendrobium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28760 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dendrobium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium orchid flowers, fragrant flowers, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dendrobium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dendrobium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dendrobium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dendrobium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Oncidium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28761 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Oncidium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium orchid flower, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Oncidium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Oncidium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Oncidium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Oncidium_Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although they aren&#8217;t orchids, the strange\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tacca_chantrieri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bat Flower<\/a> in the next three photos is a great tropical bloom. We&#8217;ve seen them at botanical gardens, but often the flowers are past their prime. It&#8217;s also challenging to take decent photos of a big, weird, complex blossom. But this time we got good pictures of a fresh flower. I think it looks more like cat whiskers than a bat. What do you see in this fascinating bloom?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28769 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_3_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Tacca chantrieri, Bat Flower, large weird tropical flower, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_3_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_3_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_3_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_3_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28768 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_2_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Tacca chantrieri, Bat Flower, large weird tropical flower, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_2_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_2_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_2_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_2_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28767 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Tacca chantrieri, Bat Flower, large weird tropical flower, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tacca_chantrieri_Bat_Flower_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco&#8217;s Conservatory of Flowers is so packed with remarkable plants that there&#8217;s always more to explore. I&#8217;ve already done a few posts about our recent visit, but I still have photos to share. There are plenty more orchids, from brilliant Moth Orchids to bizarre Bulbophyllums. Although they aren&#8217;t orchids, the strange\u00a0Bat Flower in the [&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-28756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28756","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=28756"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28794,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28756\/revisions\/28794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}