{"id":35660,"date":"2020-06-20T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T18:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=35660"},"modified":"2020-06-27T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T22:32:51","slug":"summer-solstice-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/20\/summer-solstice-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35665 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_1000px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Charisma 'Pink Glow' AM\/AOS x Masd uniflora 'Cow Hollow' HCC\/AOS\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_1000px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Charisma_Pink_Glow_x_uniflora_Cow_Hollow_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Royal_Monarch_Golden_Glow_AM_AOS_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35670 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Royal_Monarch_Golden_Glow_AM_AOS_1000px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Royal Monarch 'Golden Glow' AM\/AOS, orchid hybrid flower, yellow flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2015, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Royal_Monarch_Golden_Glow_AM_AOS_1000px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Royal_Monarch_Golden_Glow_AM_AOS_1000px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Royal_Monarch_Golden_Glow_AM_AOS_1000px.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_Patriarch_AM_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35666 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_Patriarch_AM_AOS_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Jaime Posada 'Patriarch' AM\/AOS, orchid hybrid flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2020, San Francisco, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_Patriarch_AM_AOS_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_Patriarch_AM_AOS_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_Patriarch_AM_AOS_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here on the Northern California coast, summers are often cool and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/17\/orchids-love-fog\/\">foggy<\/a>. Right on schedule for today&#8217;s summer solstice, we were greeted this morning by a heavy fog bank. It&#8217;s the perfect weather for Dave&#8217;s and my favorite orchids, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallias<\/a>, which live in high mountain cloud forests. These tropical, triangular beauties feature stunningly brilliant colors. The first photo in this post comes from my garden; the rest are from orchid shows. Have a happy, healthy, and peaceful solstice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Mandarin_Gold_Orange_Crush_HCC_AOS_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35668 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Mandarin_Gold_Orange_Crush_HCC_AOS_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Mandarin Gold 'Orange Crush' HCC\/AOS, orchid hybrid flowers, orange flowers, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2020, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Mandarin_Gold_Orange_Crush_HCC_AOS_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Mandarin_Gold_Orange_Crush_HCC_AOS_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Mandarin_Gold_Orange_Crush_HCC_AOS_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35662 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_800px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia orchid flowers, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2017, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_rosea_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35669 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_rosea_800px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia rosea, orchid species flowers, pink and orange flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_rosea_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_rosea_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_rosea_800px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_rosea_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Catherine_West_Natasha_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35663 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Catherine_West_Natasha_800px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Catherine West 'Natasha', orchid hybrid flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2020, San Francisco, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Catherine_West_Natasha_800px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Catherine_West_Natasha_800px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_Catherine_West_Natasha_800px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_caudata_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35664 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_caudata_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia caudata, orchid species flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2016, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_caudata_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_caudata_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_caudata_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_MacInnes_Golden_Heart_Isis_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35667 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_MacInnes_Golden_Heart_Isis_800px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia MacInnes Golden Heart 'Isis', orchid hybrid flower, yellow flower, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2017, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_MacInnes_Golden_Heart_Isis_800px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_MacInnes_Golden_Heart_Isis_800px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Masdevallia_MacInnes_Golden_Heart_Isis_800px.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here on the Northern California coast, summers are often cool and foggy. Right on schedule for today&#8217;s summer solstice, we were greeted this morning by a heavy fog bank. It&#8217;s the perfect weather for Dave&#8217;s and my favorite orchids, Masdevallias, which live in high mountain cloud forests. These tropical, triangular beauties feature stunningly brilliant colors. 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