{"id":39549,"date":"2022-01-08T15:45:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=39549"},"modified":"2022-01-16T20:31:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T04:31:34","slug":"indoor-orchids-chase-away-winter-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/indoor-orchids-chase-away-winter-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Indoor Orchids Chase Away Winter Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Orchids can help take the chill out of a gray winter, cold rains, and short days. Fortunately, I have a lot blooming indoors right now. First, there’s a fragrant Cattleya<\/a> hybrid in the row of photos above. It’s been reliable for years, pumping out white blossoms with rich purple coloring. The ruffled petals and lips<\/a> remind me of an elegant garment. The flowers’ spicy perfume is a rich treat.<\/p>\n

\"(Vanda<\/a>\"(Vanda<\/a>\"(Vanda<\/a><\/p>\n

The second row of photos shows my Vanda<\/a> hybrid. With big flowers and big color, it’s a wall of brilliant purple. So far, the blooms have lasted over six weeks. The plant is obviously happy living in its glass vase home.<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Samurai Orchids<\/a> usually bloom over summer, but mine has a flower spike much later than usual this year. It’s shown in the third row. The crystal white flowers look like shooting stars, and emit a delicious scent after dark.<\/p>\n

\"Paphiopedilum<\/a>\"Paphiopedilum<\/a>\"Maxillaria<\/a><\/p>\n

The last row of photos includes two shots of a great Lady Slipper hybrid<\/a>, and a picture of an early bloom on my Coconut Orchid<\/a>. Its sweet coconut scent is a promise of more to come. By spring, this plant will be overflowing with dozens of fragrant red flowers. All these orchids inspire warm thoughts over winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orchids can help take the chill out of a gray winter, cold rains, and short days. Fortunately, I have a lot blooming indoors right now. First, there’s a fragrant Cattleya hybrid in the row of photos above. It’s been reliable for years, pumping out white blossoms with rich purple coloring. The ruffled petals and lips […]<\/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":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fragrant-orchids","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39549","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=39549"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39602,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39549\/revisions\/39602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}