{"id":28999,"date":"2017-12-21T10:28:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T18:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=28999"},"modified":"2017-12-27T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T04:05:39","slug":"solstice-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/21\/solstice-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Solstice Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Myrmecophila_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29006 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Myrmecophila_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Myrmecophila orchid 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\/12\/Myrmecophila_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Myrmecophila_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Myrmecophila_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Myrmecophila_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Restrepia_brachypus_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29010 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Restrepia_brachypus_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Restrepia brachypus, close up of miniature orchid species flower, pleurothallid, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Restrepia_brachypus_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Restrepia_brachypus_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Restrepia_brachypus_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ianclarkara_Cheyenne_Marie_Lemoncello_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29003 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ianclarkara_Cheyenne_Marie_Lemoncello_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Ianclarkara Cheyenne Marie 'Lemoncello', orchid hybrid flower, 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\/12\/Ianclarkara_Cheyenne_Marie_Lemoncello_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ianclarkara_Cheyenne_Marie_Lemoncello_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ianclarkara_Cheyenne_Marie_Lemoncello_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ianclarkara_Cheyenne_Marie_Lemoncello_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\/12\/Dendrobium_cuthbertsonii_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29002 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dendrobium_cuthbertsonii_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium cuthbertsonii, miniature orchid species flower, 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\/12\/Dendrobium_cuthbertsonii_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dendrobium_cuthbertsonii_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dendrobium_cuthbertsonii_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schoenorchis_gemmata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29012 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schoenorchis_gemmata_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Schoenorchis gemmata, miniature orchid species 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\/12\/Schoenorchis_gemmata_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schoenorchis_gemmata_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schoenorchis_gemmata_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29011 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Rossioglossum Rawdon Jester, 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\/12\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rossioglossum_Rawdon_Jester_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these natural orchid wonders to celebrate today&#8217;s solstice. So many orchids bloom in this season that they&#8217;re the perfect antidote for dark and cold. Inside and outside our home, there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Moth Orchids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleyas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallias<\/a> flowering, among others. They certainly inspire me with warmth and tropical beauty. It&#8217;s a great way to mark the time of year when we have the least light and the shortest days. It&#8217;s also a great reminder that light and warmth will return as soon as the earth swings around the sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29004 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia coccinea var. xanthina 'M Wayne Miller' AM\/AOS, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_coccinea_var_xanthina_M_Wayne_Miller_AM_AOS_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29009 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis flower, Moth Orchid hybrid flower, phal, 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\/12\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Phalaenopsis_hybrid_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_reginae_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29005 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_reginae_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia reginae, orchid species flower, 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\/12\/Masdevallia_reginae_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_reginae_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Masdevallia_reginae_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\/12\/Oncidium_maculata_x_Smiths_Parade_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29007 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Oncidium_maculata_x_Smiths_Parade_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium maculata x Smith's Parade, orchid hybrid flower, 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\/12\/Oncidium_maculata_x_Smiths_Parade_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Oncidium_maculata_x_Smiths_Parade_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Oncidium_maculata_x_Smiths_Parade_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Oncidium_maculata_x_Smiths_Parade_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sobralia_yellow_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29013 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sobralia_yellow_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Sobralia orchid 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\/12\/Sobralia_yellow_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sobralia_yellow_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sobralia_yellow_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sobralia_yellow_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Paphiopedilum_Lady_Slippers_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29008 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Paphiopedilum_Lady_Slippers_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum orchid, Lady Slippers flowers, Orchids in the Park 2017, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Paphiopedilum_Lady_Slippers_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Paphiopedilum_Lady_Slippers_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Paphiopedilum_Lady_Slippers_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy these natural orchid wonders to celebrate today&#8217;s solstice. So many orchids bloom in this season that they&#8217;re the perfect antidote for dark and cold. Inside and outside our home, there are Moth Orchids, Cattleyas, Cymbidiums, and Masdevallias flowering, among others. They certainly inspire me with warmth and tropical beauty. It&#8217;s a great way to [&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-28999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28999","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=28999"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29031,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28999\/revisions\/29031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}