{"id":29617,"date":"2018-03-20T19:48:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T03:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=29617"},"modified":"2018-03-25T20:01:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T04:01:57","slug":"orchids-for-the-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/20\/orchids-for-the-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids for the Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vanda_Roberts_Delight_Garnet_Beauty_FCC_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29629 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vanda_Roberts_Delight_Garnet_Beauty_FCC_AOS_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Vanda orchid flowers with Cymbidium leaves in background, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vanda_Roberts_Delight_Garnet_Beauty_FCC_AOS_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vanda_Roberts_Delight_Garnet_Beauty_FCC_AOS_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vanda_Roberts_Delight_Garnet_Beauty_FCC_AOS_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Anguloa_cliftonii_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29618 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Anguloa_cliftonii_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Anguloa cliftonii, orchid species flower close up, Tulip Orchid, Cradle Orchid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Anguloa_cliftonii_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Anguloa_cliftonii_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Anguloa_cliftonii_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fredclarkeara_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29623 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fredclarkeara_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Fredclarkeara x Catasetum hybrid orchid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fredclarkeara_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fredclarkeara_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fredclarkeara_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fredclarkeara_x_Catasetum_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\/2018\/03\/Spathoglottis_kimballiana_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29628 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spathoglottis_kimballiana_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Spathoglottis kimballiana, orchid species flower, yellow flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spathoglottis_kimballiana_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spathoglottis_kimballiana_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spathoglottis_kimballiana_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spathoglottis_kimballiana_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laelia_Santa_Barbara_Sunset_Showtime_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29625 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laelia_Santa_Barbara_Sunset_Showtime_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Laelia Santa Barbara Sunset 'Showtime', orchid hybrid flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laelia_Santa_Barbara_Sunset_Showtime_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laelia_Santa_Barbara_Sunset_Showtime_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Laelia_Santa_Barbara_Sunset_Showtime_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gongora_truncata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29624 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gongora_truncata_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Gongora truncata, orchid species flower, weird flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gongora_truncata_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gongora_truncata_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gongora_truncata_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gongora_truncata_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome today&#8217;s spring equinox with more photos from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/08\/more-photos-from-the-pacific-orchid-expo-2\/\">the recent Pacific Orchid Expo<\/a>. Northern California has been greeted with a chilly rain to mark the day. Our rainy season was late this winter, but began in earnest a few weeks ago. It should be enough to keep our multi-year drought at bay. Of course, it&#8217;s best to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/20\/water-conservation\/\">always treat clean water as a precious resource<\/a>, even in years when there&#8217;s plenty of precipitation. Enjoy the blooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dracula_nosferatu_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29622 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dracula_nosferatu_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula nosferatu, orchid species flower close up, Pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dracula_nosferatu_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dracula_nosferatu_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dracula_nosferatu_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dracula_nosferatu_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_speciosum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29620 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_speciosum_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium speciosum, orchid species flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_speciosum_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_speciosum_800px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_speciosum_800px-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_speciosum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clowesetum_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29619 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clowesetum_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Clowesetum x Catasetum hybrid, orchid hybrid flower with fringed lip, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clowesetum_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clowesetum_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clowesetum_x_Catasetum_hybrid_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Clowesetum_x_Catasetum_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\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_unicum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29621 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_unicum_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium unicum, orchid species flower, orange flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_unicum_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_unicum_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_unicum_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dendrobium_unicum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Leptotes_bicolor_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29626 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Leptotes_bicolor_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Leptotes bicolor, orchid species flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Leptotes_bicolor_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Leptotes_bicolor_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Leptotes_bicolor_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Leptotes_bicolor_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pleurothallis_truncata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29627 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pleurothallis_truncata_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Pleurothallis truncata, orchid species flowers, tiny orange flowers and leaves, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pleurothallis_truncata_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pleurothallis_truncata_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Pleurothallis_truncata_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome today&#8217;s spring equinox with more photos from the recent Pacific Orchid Expo. Northern California has been greeted with a chilly rain to mark the day. Our rainy season was late this winter, but began in earnest a few weeks ago. It should be enough to keep our multi-year drought at bay. Of course, it&#8217;s [&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-29617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29617","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=29617"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29673,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29617\/revisions\/29673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}