{"id":355,"date":"2009-02-03T19:35:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T03:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/03\/hawaii-tropical-botanical-garden\/"},"modified":"2009-12-23T09:14:30","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:14:30","slug":"hawaii-tropical-botanical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/03\/hawaii-tropical-botanical-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we were visiting the Big Island of Hawaii, Dave and I took a trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.htbg.com\/\">Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden<\/a>. Located north of Hilo in a real tropical rainforest, the garden is a lush paradise of exotic plants from rainforests around the world, including lots of orchids.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cattleya flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_1_cattleya_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_1_cattleya_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Phalaenopsis flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_3_phalaenopsis_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_3_phalaenopsis_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis flowers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Bulbophyllum flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_4_bulbophyllum_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_4_bulbophyllum_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Bulbophyllum flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Chocolate-scented Oncidium flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_2_chocolate_oncidium_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_2_chocolate_oncidium_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate-scented Oncidium flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent half the day soaking in the stunning floral beauty. Innumerable tropical flowers, a koi pond, waterfalls, jungle birds, and ocean vistas kept our cameras clicking away. The garden is a non-profit sanctuary for many rare plants, helping to preserve them against the threats of habitat destruction and climate change. Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden also provides educational programs, and spreads Hawaiian beauty by shipping tropical flower bouquets within the USA.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cattleya flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_5_cattleya_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_5_cattleya_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Phalaenopsis flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_6_phalaenopsis_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_6_phalaenopsis_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Brassolaelocattleya flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_7_brassolaeliocattleya_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_7_brassolaeliocattleya_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Brassolaelocattleya flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to prove that we actually did take pictures besides orchids, below are a baby pineapple, a pink ginger flower, and a yellow heliconia flower. In the last photo, Onomea Falls rushes through the garden valley. What a paradise!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Young pineapple\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_8_pineapple_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_8_pineapple_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Young pineapple\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Pink ginger flower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_9_ginger_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_9_ginger_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Pink ginger flower\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Brazilian heliconia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_11_brazilian_heliconia_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_11_brazilian_heliconia_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Brazilian heliconia\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Onomea Falls\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_10_onomea_falls_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/htbg_10_onomea_falls_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Onomea Falls\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we were visiting the Big Island of Hawaii, Dave and I took a trip to Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. Located north of Hilo in a real tropical rainforest, the garden is a lush paradise of exotic plants from rainforests around the world, including lots of orchids. We spent half the day soaking in the [&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":[13,21,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-conservation","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","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=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/1722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}