{"id":39807,"date":"2022-02-21T21:53:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T05:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=39807"},"modified":"2022-02-26T09:48:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T17:48:14","slug":"excitement-grows-ahead-of-the-pacific-orchid-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/21\/excitement-grows-ahead-of-the-pacific-orchid-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Excitement Grows Ahead of the Pacific Orchid Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Bruno_Model_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39816 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Bruno_Model_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum Bruno 'Model', orchid hybrid flower, Lady Slipper, Paph, Pacific Orchid Expo 2020, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Bruno_Model_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Bruno_Model_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Bruno_Model_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Bruno_Model_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Laelia_Canariensis_Golden_Glow_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39813 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Laelia_Canariensis_Golden_Glow_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Laelia Canariensis 'Golden Glow', orchid hybrid flowers, yellow flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2018, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Laelia_Canariensis_Golden_Glow_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Laelia_Canariensis_Golden_Glow_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Laelia_Canariensis_Golden_Glow_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Laelia_Canariensis_Golden_Glow_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39811 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Mingles Sapphire x goldschmidtianum, orchid hybrid flowers, purple flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2017, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_Mingles_Sapphire_x_goldschmidtianum_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cymbidium_Virginia_Reyes_Carreon_Woodside_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39810 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cymbidium_Virginia_Reyes_Carreon_Woodside_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Virginia Reyes Carreon 'Woodside' and other Cymbidiums, orchid hybrid flowers buds and leaves, Pacific Orchid Expo 2020, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cymbidium_Virginia_Reyes_Carreon_Woodside_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cymbidium_Virginia_Reyes_Carreon_Woodside_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cymbidium_Virginia_Reyes_Carreon_Woodside_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cymbidium_Virginia_Reyes_Carreon_Woodside_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_mohlianum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39812 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_mohlianum_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium mohlianum, orchid species flower, orange and purple flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2020, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_mohlianum_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_mohlianum_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dendrobium_mohlianum_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lycaste_hybrids_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39814 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lycaste_hybrids_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Lycaste orchid hybrid flowers, red pink and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2017, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lycaste_hybrids_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lycaste_hybrids_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lycaste_hybrids_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lycaste_hybrids_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nExcitement is growing ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orchidsanfrancisco.org\/poe-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Orchid Expo<\/a>, especially for me! I can&#8217;t wait to go to San Francisco&#8217;s first orchid show in two years, running from Friday, February 25th to Sunday, February 27th, with a special opening night on Thursday, February 24th. It will all happen at the County Fair Building, 1199 Ninth Avenue at Lincoln Way, in Golden Gate Park. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/orchid-masquerade-69th-annual-pacific-orchid-exposition-tickets-170389579820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets are available online.<\/a> Masks and proof of vaccination are required. These photos from the past few expos can only hint at the wonders to be found at this year&#8217;s show. See you there!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sudamerlycaste_locusta_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39820 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sudamerlycaste_locusta_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Sudamerlycaste locusta, orchid species flower, close-up of fringed flower lip, green flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2019, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sudamerlycaste_locusta_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sudamerlycaste_locusta_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sudamerlycaste_locusta_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sudamerlycaste_locusta_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Jungle_Treasure_Mojave_HCC_AOS_x_Blc_Waianiae_Leopard_Ching_Hua_HCC_AOS_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39819 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Jungle_Treasure_Mojave_HCC_AOS_x_Blc_Waianiae_Leopard_Ching_Hua_HCC_AOS_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Treasure 'Mojave' HCC\/AOS x Blc Waianiae Leopard 'Ching Hua' HCC\/AOS, Cattleya orchid hybrid flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2017, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Jungle_Treasure_Mojave_HCC_AOS_x_Blc_Waianiae_Leopard_Ching_Hua_HCC_AOS_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Jungle_Treasure_Mojave_HCC_AOS_x_Blc_Waianiae_Leopard_Ching_Hua_HCC_AOS_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Jungle_Treasure_Mojave_HCC_AOS_x_Blc_Waianiae_Leopard_Ching_Hua_HCC_AOS_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Jungle_Treasure_Mojave_HCC_AOS_x_Blc_Waianiae_Leopard_Ching_Hua_HCC_AOS_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39815 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Jaime Posada, orchid hybrid flower, orange flower with purplish-red stripes, pleurothallid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2019, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Masdevallia_Jaime_Posada_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phragmipedium_Noirmont_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39817 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phragmipedium_Noirmont_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Phragmipedium Noirmont, Lady Slipper orchid hybrid flower, red and yellow flower, Phrag, Pacific Orchid Expo 2017, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phragmipedium_Noirmont_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phragmipedium_Noirmont_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phragmipedium_Noirmont_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rhynchostylis_gigantea_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39818 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rhynchostylis_gigantea_1000px-85x128.jpg\" alt=\"Rhynchostylis gigantea, orchid species flowers, deep purple and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2019, San Francisco, California\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rhynchostylis_gigantea_1000px-85x128.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rhynchostylis_gigantea_1000px-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rhynchostylis_gigantea_1000px.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trichopilia_suavis_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39821 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trichopilia_suavis_1000px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Trichopilia suavis, orchid species flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2020, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trichopilia_suavis_1000px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trichopilia_suavis_1000px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trichopilia_suavis_1000px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trichopilia_suavis_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excitement is growing ahead of the Pacific Orchid Expo, especially for me! I can&#8217;t wait to go to San Francisco&#8217;s first orchid show in two years, running from Friday, February 25th to Sunday, February 27th, with a special opening night on Thursday, February 24th. It will all happen at the County Fair Building, 1199 Ninth [&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":[11,27,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-growing-orchids-in-san-francisco","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39807","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=39807"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39846,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39807\/revisions\/39846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}