{"id":42152,"date":"2022-12-21T16:59:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T00:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=42152"},"modified":"2022-12-27T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:42:00","slug":"orchids-for-the-winter-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/orchids-for-the-winter-solstice\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchids for the Winter Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Phragmipedium_Twilight_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42163 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Phragmipedium_Twilight_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Phragmipedium Twilight, orchid hybrid flower, Phrag, Lady Slipper, red and yellow flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Phragmipedium_Twilight_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Phragmipedium_Twilight_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Phragmipedium_Twilight_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Phragmipedium_Twilight_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Golden_Arch_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42156 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Golden_Arch_1000px-128x85.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Golden Arch, orchid hybrid flowers, fragrant flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Golden_Arch_1000px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Golden_Arch_1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Golden_Arch_1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Golden_Arch_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Silver_King_Buster_AM_AOS_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42158 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Silver_King_Buster_AM_AOS_1000px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Silver King 'Buster' AM\/AOS, orchid hybrid flowers, purple and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Silver_King_Buster_AM_AOS_1000px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Silver_King_Buster_AM_AOS_1000px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Silver_King_Buster_AM_AOS_1000px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_Silver_King_Buster_AM_AOS_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\/12\/Bonatea_speciosa_Green_Egret_AM_AOS_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42154 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonatea_speciosa_Green_Egret_AM_AOS_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Bonatea speciosa 'Green Egret' AM\/AOS, orchid species flowers, green and white flowers, unsusual flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonatea_speciosa_Green_Egret_AM_AOS_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonatea_speciosa_Green_Egret_AM_AOS_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonatea_speciosa_Green_Egret_AM_AOS_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonatea_speciosa_Green_Egret_AM_AOS_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cattleya_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42155 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cattleya_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya orchid flowers, orange and yellow flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society Show 2022, San Mateo, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cattleya_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cattleya_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cattleya_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cattleya_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sarcochilus_Kulnura_Harrow_Purple_Heart_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42164 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sarcochilus_Kulnura_Harrow_Purple_Heart_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Sarcochilus Kulnura Harrow 'Purple Heart', orchid hybrid flowers and leaves, Peninsula Orchid Society Show 2022, San Mateo, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sarcochilus_Kulnura_Harrow_Purple_Heart_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sarcochilus_Kulnura_Harrow_Purple_Heart_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sarcochilus_Kulnura_Harrow_Purple_Heart_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sarcochilus_Kulnura_Harrow_Purple_Heart_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orchids work wonders for brightening the shortest day and longest night of the year. Having attended three orchid shows in 2022, after a two-year pandemic break, it was easy for me to find a few brilliant photos. The first four pictures are from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/26\/an-orchid-masquerade\/\">Pacific Orchid Expo<\/a> last winter, the next four are from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/15\/peninsula-orchid-society-returns-with-a-great-show\/\">Peninsula Orchid Society Show<\/a> in spring, and the last four are from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/07\/orchids-in-the-park-2022\/\">Orchids in the Park<\/a> in summer. It was great that these events returned safely, with mask requirements and improved indoor ventilation. Dave and I were glad to attend, and certainly look forward to more shows in 2023. Happy solstice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Sierra_Gem_x_Potinara_Firehouse_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42165 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Sierra_Gem_x_Potinara_Firehouse_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Sophrolaeliocattleya Sierra Gem x Potinara Firehouse, Cattleya orchid hybrid, orange and red flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society Show 2022, San Mateo, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Sierra_Gem_x_Potinara_Firehouse_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Sierra_Gem_x_Potinara_Firehouse_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Sierra_Gem_x_Potinara_Firehouse_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sophrolaeliocattleya_Sierra_Gem_x_Potinara_Firehouse_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Masdevallia_Zieglers_Love_Glowing_Pink_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42160 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Masdevallia_Zieglers_Love_Glowing_Pink_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia Ziegler's Love 'Glowing Pink', orchid hybrid flowers, purple flowers, Peninsula Orchid Society Show 2022, San Mateo, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Masdevallia_Zieglers_Love_Glowing_Pink_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Masdevallia_Zieglers_Love_Glowing_Pink_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Masdevallia_Zieglers_Love_Glowing_Pink_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Masdevallia_Zieglers_Love_Glowing_Pink_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_victoriae_reginae_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42159 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_victoriae_reginae_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium victoriae-reginae, orchid species flowers, bluish purple flowers, Orchids in the Park 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_victoriae_reginae_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_victoriae_reginae_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_victoriae_reginae_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\/12\/Miltoniopsis_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42161 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Miltoniopsis_1000px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Miltoniopsis flower, Pansy Orchid, orchid flower, Orchids in the Park 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Miltoniopsis_1000px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Miltoniopsis_1000px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Miltoniopsis_1000px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Miltoniopsis_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_laevifolium_Vistamont_HCC_AOS_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42157 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_laevifolium_Vistamont_HCC_AOS_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium laevifolium 'Vistamont' HCC\/AOS, orchid species flowers, white and yellow flowers, miniature orchid, Orchids in the Park 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_laevifolium_Vistamont_HCC_AOS_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_laevifolium_Vistamont_HCC_AOS_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dendrobium_laevifolium_Vistamont_HCC_AOS_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Oncidium_or_Gomesa_hybrid_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42162 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Oncidium_or_Gomesa_hybrid_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium orchid flowers, Gomesa orchid hybrid, yellow and purplish brown flowers, Orchids in the Park 2022, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Oncidium_or_Gomesa_hybrid_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Oncidium_or_Gomesa_hybrid_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Oncidium_or_Gomesa_hybrid_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Oncidium_or_Gomesa_hybrid_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids work wonders for brightening the shortest day and longest night of the year. Having attended three orchid shows in 2022, after a two-year pandemic break, it was easy for me to find a few brilliant photos. The first four pictures are from the Pacific Orchid Expo last winter, the next four are from the [&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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42152","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=42152"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42191,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42152\/revisions\/42191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}