{"id":38585,"date":"2021-08-22T20:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T04:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=38585"},"modified":"2021-09-29T20:10:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T04:10:39","slug":"summer-in-our-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/22\/summer-in-our-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer in Our Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prosthechea_vitellina_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38595 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prosthechea_vitellina_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Prosthechea vitellina, AKA Encyclia vitellina, Yolk-Yellow Orchid, orchid species flowers, bright orange and yellow flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prosthechea_vitellina_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prosthechea_vitellina_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prosthechea_vitellina_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prosthechea_vitellina_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38588 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium orchid hybrid flower, yellow and white flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_Epidendrum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38596 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_Epidendrum_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Epidendrum orchid flowers, red and yellow flowers, reed stem Epidendrum, possibly Epidendrum x obrienianum, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_Epidendrum_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_Epidendrum_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_Epidendrum_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Masdevallia_polysticta_yellow_form_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38594 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Masdevallia_polysticta_yellow_form_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia polysticta, orchid species flower, pleurothallid, miniature orchid, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Masdevallia_polysticta_yellow_form_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Masdevallia_polysticta_yellow_form_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Masdevallia_polysticta_yellow_form_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_1_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38592 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_1_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Fuchsia procumbens, fuchsia species flower, creeping fuchsia, climbing fuchsia, trailing fuchsia, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_1_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_1_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_1_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_1_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_2_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38593 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_2_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Fuchsia procumbens, fuchsia species flower and leaves, creeping fuchsia, climbing fuchsia, trailing fuchsia, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_2_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_2_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_2_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_procumbens_2_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summers on the Northern California coast are typically cool and foggy, and this year has been no exception. That allows us to revel in cool-growing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidium<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/epidendrum.html\">Epidendrum<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallia<\/a> orchids, as well as other plants like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/18\/fuchsia-flower-power\/\">fuchsias<\/a>, poppies, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/29\/nasturtiums\/\">nasturtiums<\/a>. Their bright colors stand out against the green background, enticing bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and humans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_1_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38590 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_1_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Fuchsia hybrid flower, red and white flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_1_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_1_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_1_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_1_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_2_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38591 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_2_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Fuchsia hybrid flower and leaves, red and white flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_2_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_2_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_2_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fuchsia_hybrid_2_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eschscholzia_californica_California_poppy_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38589 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eschscholzia_californica_California_poppy_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Eschscholzia californica, California poppy, orange and yellow flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eschscholzia_californica_California_poppy_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eschscholzia_californica_California_poppy_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eschscholzia_californica_California_poppy_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eschscholzia_californica_California_poppy_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_nasturtium_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38597 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_nasturtium_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Nasturtium flower, red flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_nasturtium_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_nasturtium_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_nasturtium_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Red_nasturtium_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_1_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38598 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_1_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Nasturtium flower, yellow and orange flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_1_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_1_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_1_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_1_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_2_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38599 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_2_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Nasturtium flower, yellow and orange flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_2_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_2_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_2_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yellow_and_orange_nasturtium_2_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tending to our own little patch of nature is a great panacea for life&#8217;s stresses. When I&#8217;m in the garden, my focus turns to these floral gems, and my mind automatically shifts from worrying to wonder. It doesn&#8217;t solve many problems, but it certainly offers a mental reset that restores me. It&#8217;s so easy to get lost in the pain and suffering of the world, and our garden helps me find my way again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summers on the Northern California coast are typically cool and foggy, and this year has been no exception. That allows us to revel in cool-growing Cymbidium, Epidendrum, and Masdevallia orchids, as well as other plants like fuchsias, poppies, and nasturtiums. Their bright colors stand out against the green background, enticing bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and humans. 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