{"id":34045,"date":"2019-12-21T10:13:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=34045"},"modified":"2019-12-26T12:45:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T20:45:45","slug":"more-from-kews-princess-of-wales-conservatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/21\/more-from-kews-princess-of-wales-conservatory\/","title":{"rendered":"More from Kew&#8217;s Princess of Wales Conservatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Bromeliad_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34049 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Bromeliad_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad flower viewed from above, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Bromeliad_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Bromeliad_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Bromeliad_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Bromeliad_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Begonia_maculata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34048 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Begonia_maculata_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Begonia maculata, Begonia species flowers and leaves, white-spotted leaves, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Begonia_maculata_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Begonia_maculata_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Begonia_maculata_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Begonia_maculata_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Rainforest_Zone_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34054 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Rainforest_Zone_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Waterlily pond and surrounding plants in Tropical Rainforest Zone, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Rainforest_Zone_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Rainforest_Zone_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Rainforest_Zone_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Rainforest_Zone_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Celebrate today&#8217;s solstice with more photos from my recent visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/05\/orchids-at-kew-gardens\/\">Kew Gardens in London<\/a>. These pictures are all from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/13\/orchids-in-kews-princess-of-wales-conservatory\/\">the Princess of Wales Conservatory<\/a>, which is one of several large glasshouses at Kew. They include a few orchids, some brilliantly colorful bromeliads, and other tropical plants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Paphiopedilum_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34052 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Paphiopedilum_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum orchid flower, Paph, Lady Slipper, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Paphiopedilum_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Paphiopedilum_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Paphiopedilum_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Coelogyne_and_Dendrochilum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34051 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Coelogyne_and_Dendrochilum_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Coelogyne and Dendrochilum orchids in hanging baskets, orchid plants showing leaves and hanging flowers, pendant flowers, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Coelogyne_and_Dendrochilum_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Coelogyne_and_Dendrochilum_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Coelogyne_and_Dendrochilum_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Coelogyne_and_Dendrochilum_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Calanthe_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34050 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Calanthe_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Calanthe orchid flowers, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Calanthe_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Calanthe_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Calanthe_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Calanthe_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The conservatory features separate tropical and temperate zones for rainforest plants, ferns, desert plants, carnivorous plants, and, of course, orchids. It boasts incredible displays at any time of year, and offers a wonderfully warm respite from winter&#8217;s chill at this time of year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Desert_Zone_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34053 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Desert_Zone_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Tropical Desert Zone with cactus and succulents, barrel cactus, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Desert_Zone_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Desert_Zone_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Desert_Zone_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Tropical_Desert_Zone_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Aechmea_Bromeliad_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34047 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Aechmea_Bromeliad_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Aechmea Bromeliad flower, pink flower, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Aechmea_Bromeliad_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Aechmea_Bromeliad_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Aechmea_Bromeliad_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_Aechmea_Bromeliad_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_yellow_flowers_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34055 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_yellow_flowers_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Bright yellow flowers, yellow puffball flowers, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_yellow_flowers_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_yellow_flowers_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_yellow_flowers_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess_of_Wales_Conservatory_Kew_Gardens_yellow_flowers_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate today&#8217;s solstice with more photos from my recent visit to Kew Gardens in London. These pictures are all from the Princess of Wales Conservatory, which is one of several large glasshouses at Kew. They include a few orchids, some brilliantly colorful bromeliads, and other tropical plants. The conservatory features separate tropical and temperate zones [&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":[13,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34045","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=34045"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34078,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34045\/revisions\/34078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}