{"id":31477,"date":"2018-12-21T15:52:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=31477"},"modified":"2018-12-28T19:17:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T03:17:37","slug":"winter-solstice-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/21\/winter-solstice-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Epigarden_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31481 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Epigarden_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium goeringii 'Epigarden', orchid species flower, green flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Epigarden_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Epigarden_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Epigarden_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cymbidium_goeringii_Epigarden_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Restrepia_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31489 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Restrepia_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Restrepia orchid flower, pleurothallid, miniature orchid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Restrepia_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Restrepia_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Restrepia_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Maxillaria_cacaoensis_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31487 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Maxillaria_cacaoensis_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Maxillaria cacaoensis, orchid species flower, flower side view, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Maxillaria_cacaoensis_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Maxillaria_cacaoensis_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Maxillaria_cacaoensis_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Maxillaria_cacaoensis_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\/12\/Masdevallia_elegans_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31486 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_elegans_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia elegans, orchid species flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_elegans_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_elegans_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_elegans_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_elegans_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Arundina_caespitosa_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31478 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Arundina_caespitosa_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Arundina caespitosa, Bamboo Orchid, orchid species flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Arundina_caespitosa_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Arundina_caespitosa_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Arundina_caespitosa_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Arundina_caespitosa_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_papilio_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31482 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_papilio_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium papilio, orchid species flower, white flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_papilio_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_papilio_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_papilio_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_papilio_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orchids can even make the shortest day of the year feel tropical. Enjoy these marvelous blooms in honor of today&#8217;s solstice. They are all a reminder that flowers will bud, open, and fade. Long nights will give way to long days. Light will return. The cycles of the earth spiral on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31483 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium pendulum, orchid species flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dendrobium_pendulum_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_asterotricha_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31485 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_asterotricha_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia asterotricha, orchid species flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_asterotricha_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_asterotricha_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Masdevallia_asterotricha_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Lycaste_lasioglossa_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31484 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Lycaste_lasioglossa_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Lycaste lasioglossa, orchid species flower, close up of fuzzy flower lip, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Lycaste_lasioglossa_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Lycaste_lasioglossa_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Lycaste_lasioglossa_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Lycaste_lasioglossa_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\/12\/Chiloschista_lunifera_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31480 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Chiloschista_lunifera_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Chiloschista lunifera, orchid species flowers, leafless orchid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2013, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Chiloschista_lunifera_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Chiloschista_lunifera_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Chiloschista_lunifera_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Psychopsis_Mariposa_Mountain_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31488 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Psychopsis_Mariposa_Mountain_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Psychopsis Mariposa 'Mountain', orchid hybrid flower, Butterfly Orchid, Kawamoto Orchid Nursery, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Psychopsis_Mariposa_Mountain_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Psychopsis_Mariposa_Mountain_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Psychopsis_Mariposa_Mountain_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31479 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya orchid flowers, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cattleya_hybrid_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids can even make the shortest day of the year feel tropical. Enjoy these marvelous blooms in honor of today&#8217;s solstice. They are all a reminder that flowers will bud, open, and fade. Long nights will give way to long days. Light will return. The cycles of the earth spiral on.<\/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-31477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477","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=31477"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31510,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31477\/revisions\/31510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}