{"id":32346,"date":"2019-04-27T20:35:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T04:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=32346"},"modified":"2019-05-02T21:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T05:28:17","slug":"the-little-orchid-that-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/27\/the-little-orchid-that-could\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Orchid That Could"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This little orchid is certainly not the showiest, or the most colorful, but it’s a survivor. I blogged about this mini Cynorkis a few years ago,<\/a> when I thought I might have killed it. Actually, it was fine, and grew again without problem. In the years since, whenever I’ve worried that I might have done it in, it’s always come back with fresh leaves and blooms.<\/p>\n

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

This species seems to go dormant<\/a> on its own schedule, dropping its old leaves and then growing new ones from tiny tubers. The small flowers open successively, extending the bloom for a couple months. It’s the perfect mini for a warm<\/a>, shady<\/a> spot, as long as the space can accommodate the tall flower spikes, which can reach 2 feet (0.6 m) tall or more.<\/p>\n

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

Although I’ve gotten used to its seemingly random dormancy schedule, there was another time when I really thought I had killed it. It had a fresh set of leaves, and I must have accidentally overwatered<\/a> it. The leaves quickly rotted, and I assumed the plant was finally lost. Instead, it started growing again after a few weeks, no worse for wear. This Cynorkis is truly the little orchid that could.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This little orchid is certainly not the showiest, or the most colorful, but it’s a survivor. I blogged about this mini Cynorkis a few years ago, when I thought I might have killed it. Actually, it was fine, and grew again without problem. In the years since, whenever I’ve worried that I might have done […]<\/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":[9,19,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dormancy","category-mini-orchids","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32346","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=32346"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32391,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32346\/revisions\/32391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}