{"id":31420,"date":"2018-12-17T16:04:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=31420"},"modified":"2018-12-21T15:57:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:57:51","slug":"orchids-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/17\/orchids-by-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids by the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31429 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_2_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Laelia gouldiana, orchid species flower, purple and yellow flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_2_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_2_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_2_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_2_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Swallow_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31432 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Swallow_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Swallow, orchid hybrid flower, red flower, pleurothallid, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Swallow_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Swallow_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Swallow_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_with_water_drops_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31425 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_with_water_drops_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium hybrid flowers, flowers with water drops, partially open flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_with_water_drops_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_with_water_drops_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_with_water_drops_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\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31428 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Laelia gouldiana, close-up of orchid species flower lip, purple and yellow flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Laelia_gouldiana_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Odontoglossum_bic_ross_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31433 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Odontoglossum_bic_ross_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Odontoglossum bic-ross, Odont, AKA Rhynchostele, orchid hybrid flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Odontoglossum_bic_ross_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Odontoglossum_bic_ross_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Odontoglossum_bic_ross_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Odontoglossum_bic_ross_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31430 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia chaparensis, orchid species flower, purple and white flower, pleurothallid, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_chaparensis_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Late autumn gives rise to a lot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/outdoor.html\">outdoor<\/a> orchid blooms at our home in Pacifica. Some of the flowers may be a little battered by the elements, but they can still survive for many weeks. In the past couple months, these plants have endured heavy rains, strong winds, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/15\/smoky-orchids\/\">two weeks of bad, smoky air<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31422 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_1_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cochlioda vulcanica, AKA Oncidium vulcanicum, orchid species flowers, pink flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_1_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_1_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_1_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_1_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_red_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31427 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_red_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Epidendrum flowers and buds, red and yellow orchid flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_red_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_red_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_red_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_red_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31431 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Charisma 'Pink Glow' AM\/AOS x Masdevallia uniflora 'Cow Hollow' HCC\/AOS, orchid hybrid flower, pink and yellow flower, pleurothallid, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_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\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31423 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_2_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cochlioda vulcanica, AKA Oncidium vulcanicum, orchid species flowers, pink flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_2_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_2_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_2_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cochlioda_vulcanica_2_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_purple_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31426 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_purple_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Epidendrum flowers, purple orchid flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_purple_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_purple_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_purple_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Epidendrum_purple_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coelia_bella_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31424 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coelia_bella_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Coelia bella, orchid species flower buds, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coelia_bella_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coelia_bella_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Coelia_bella_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regular readers may recognize some of my old orchids from past posts &#8212; an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/a-tough-odont-orchid\/\">Odont<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallias<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/epidendrum.html\">Epidendrums<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidium<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/15\/cochlioda\/\">Cochlioda<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/a-beautiful-coelia-orchid\/\">Coelia<\/a> starting to bud. In addition, there&#8217;s a tough Mexican species, Laelia gouldiana, which I bought a couple years ago. It&#8217;s a close relative of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/12\/laelia-anceps\/\">Laelia anceps<\/a>, which I&#8217;ve grown outdoors for a long time. I&#8217;m happy that these sturdy orchids are well suited for life by the sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late autumn gives rise to a lot of outdoor orchid blooms at our home in Pacifica. Some of the flowers may be a little battered by the elements, but they can still survive for many weeks. In the past couple months, these plants have endured heavy rains, strong winds, and two weeks of bad, smoky [&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":[15,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31420","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=31420"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31475,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31420\/revisions\/31475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}