{"id":30941,"date":"2018-10-13T17:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T01:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=30941"},"modified":"2018-10-16T20:08:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T04:08:49","slug":"a-great-big-spider-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/13\/a-great-big-spider-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"A Great, Big Spider Orchid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t mind having a big spider in our home, as long as it&#8217;s a Spider Orchid. Also known as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/26\/brassia\/\">Brassia<\/a>, this Spider Orchid has very large flowers, over 14 inches\u00a0(36 cm) tall! Its long petals certainly create a spidery impression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_8_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30992 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_8_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia hybrid flowers, Spider Orchid, large flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_8_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_8_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_8_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_9_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30993 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_9_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia hybrid flowers, Spider Orchid, large flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_9_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_9_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_9_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30985 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_1_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia hybrid flower, Spider Orchid, close-up of large flower, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_1_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_1_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_1_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This plant was a great buy at a local grocery store a couple years ago for about $12. At first, its flowers were about 11 inches (28 cm) tall. Over successive blooms, they&#8217;ve grown slightly larger each time. It&#8217;s reliably flowered twice a year, and it stays in bloom for two months or more. It has a sweet, spicy scent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_4_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30988 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_4_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia hybrid flowers, Spider Orchid, large flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_4_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_4_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_4_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_5_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30989 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_5_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia orchid hybrid flower, Spider Orchid, close-up of large flower, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_5_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_5_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_5_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_6_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30990 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_6_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia orchid hybrid flowers, Spider Orchid, large flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_6_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_6_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_6_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_7_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30991 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_7_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia orchid hybrid flower, Spider Orchid, close-up of large flower, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_7_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_7_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_7_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30987 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_3_800px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia orchid hybrid flowers, Spider Orchid, large flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_3_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_3_800px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_3_800px-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_3_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30986 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_2_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Brassia orchid hybrid flowers, Spider Orchid, large flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_2_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_2_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Brassia_hybrid_2_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brassias mimic spiders to attract pollinators. In the wild, spider-hunting wasps are taken in by the ruse, and attack the flowers. In the process of their assault, they pick up or drop off pollen. It&#8217;s certainly one of the strangest pollination strategies I&#8217;ve ever heard of. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/26\/brassia\/\">To learn more about these fascinating plants, check out my previous post about Brassias.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t mind having a big spider in our home, as long as it&#8217;s a Spider Orchid. Also known as a Brassia, this Spider Orchid has very large flowers, over 14 inches\u00a0(36 cm) tall! Its long petals certainly create a spidery impression. This plant was a great buy at a local grocery store a couple [&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":[12,18,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fragrant-orchids","category-intermediate-growers","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30941","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=30941"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31029,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30941\/revisions\/31029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}