{"id":29067,"date":"2018-01-08T13:30:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=29067"},"modified":"2018-01-15T18:35:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T02:35:24","slug":"remarkable-moth-orchid-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/08\/remarkable-moth-orchid-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkable Moth Orchid Species"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you have any of these Moth Orchid<\/a> species in your collection? You might not own these specific varieties, but if you have Phal hybrids<\/a>, there’s a good chance that one or more of these species are in their ancestry. These nine photos show a few of the types frequently used in hybridization.<\/p>\n

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

Starting with the Phal species native to India, China, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Australia, plant breeders have turned this small genus of orchids into the most popular houseplants around. Phal hybrids are often recommended as the best orchids for beginners. Loved for their beauty around the world, they’re also tough enough to grow in test tubes, be shipped across oceans, and survive the rigors of supermarket shelves.<\/p>\n

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

There are about 60 Moth Orchid species<\/a>. Many have multiple color variations, which may be rare in the wild, but have entered cultivation. They’ve added their genes to the vast Phal hybrid pool. Hybridizers continue to create new colors and patterns. All share their beginnings in tropical jungles with remarkable Moth Orchid species.<\/p>\n

\"Phalaenopsis<\/a>\"Phalaenopsis<\/a>\"Phalaenopsis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you have any of these Moth Orchid species in your collection? You might not own these specific varieties, but if you have Phal hybrids, there’s a good chance that one or more of these species are in their ancestry. These nine photos show a few of the types frequently used in hybridization. Starting 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":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29067","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=29067"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29112,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29067\/revisions\/29112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}