{"id":37102,"date":"2021-01-19T16:11:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T00:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=37102"},"modified":"2021-01-24T18:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T02:31:47","slug":"our-winter-garden-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/19\/our-winter-garden-blooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Winter Garden Blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Epidendrum<\/a><\/p>\n

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

For over 30 years, I’ve been living and gardening in California, and I’ve certainly become spoiled by the fact that we can garden year-round here. But I did grow up in New Jersey, and went to college in upstate New York, so I also remember ice cold winters when nothing was growing. Outdoors was mostly brown and gray, or a white blanket of snow. How fortunate I am to be able to enjoy this mild climate instead. In the middle of January, we’re reveling in blooms on a Masdevallia<\/a>, Epidendrum<\/a>, Cymbidiums<\/a>, Giant Hyacinth Orchid<\/a>, and Laelia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Arpophyllum<\/a>\"Arpophyllum<\/a>\"Laelia<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Of course, we have more than orchids in the garden. The row of photos below shows Fivespots, Nemophila maculata<\/em><\/a>, a California native annual. It’s been a few years since I’ve grown them. On the coast they’re easy to start from seed. The flowers are simple but striking, and boast deep purple spots. I don’t know why some of the blooms have six spots instead of five, but I suppose they can’t count. If you’re enduring a harsh winter, enjoy our winter garden, and take these flowers as a sign of better things to come.<\/p>\n

\"Fivespot,<\/a>\"Fivespot,<\/a>\"Fivespot,<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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