{"id":33057,"date":"2019-08-23T19:35:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T03:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=33057"},"modified":"2019-08-28T18:44:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T02:44:59","slug":"stay-cool-with-the-international-odontoglossum-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/23\/stay-cool-with-the-international-odontoglossum-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Cool with the International Odontoglossum Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_nevadense_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33107 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_nevadense_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Odontoglossum nevadense, AKA Oncidium nevadense, Odont, orchid species flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_nevadense_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_nevadense_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_nevadense_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_nevadense_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_Flocalo_x_Halifax_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33106 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_Flocalo_x_Halifax_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Odontoglossum Flocalo x Halifax, Odont, orchid hybrid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_Flocalo_x_Halifax_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_Flocalo_x_Halifax_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_Flocalo_x_Halifax_800px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_Flocalo_x_Halifax_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_wyattianum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33108 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_wyattianum_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Odontoglossum wyattianum, AKA Oncidium wyattianum, Odont, orchid species flowers, Orchids in the Park 2012, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_wyattianum_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_wyattianum_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_wyattianum_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Odontoglossum_wyattianum_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odontalliance.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The International Odontoglossum Alliance (IOA)<\/a> is a great resource for everyone who loves this family of cool growing orchids. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/odontoglossum.html\">Odontoglossums<\/a>, called Odonts for short, are native to high elevations in the Andes. There are many popular varieties like the species and hybrid in the photos above. Foggy climates, like the San Francisco Bay Area, suit them well. The IOA aims to educate orchid growers and support conservation measures to protect these beautiful blooms. Find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.odontalliance.org\/culture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpful info about growing Odonts<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.odontalliance.org\/journals\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the IOA&#8217;s newsletters in English and Spanish on their website<\/a>. Membership is free and open to all who are interested in these cool orchids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Odontoglossum Alliance (IOA) is a great resource for everyone who loves this family of cool growing orchids. Odontoglossums, called Odonts for short, are native to high elevations in the Andes. There are many popular varieties like the species and hybrid in the photos above. Foggy climates, like the San Francisco Bay Area, suit [&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":[21,15,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","category-cool-growers","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33057","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=33057"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33125,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33057\/revisions\/33125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}