{"id":42808,"date":"2023-03-07T20:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T04:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=42808"},"modified":"2023-03-14T20:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T04:45:07","slug":"celebrating-diversity-at-pacific-orchid-expo-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/07\/celebrating-diversity-at-pacific-orchid-expo-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Diversity at Pacific Orchid Expo 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ghost<\/a>\"Dracula<\/a>\"Pacific<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Paphiopedilum<\/a>\"Cattleya<\/a>\"Cymbidium<\/a>
\n“I’ve never seen an orchid like that!” “How strange!” “That can’t be a real flower!” These exclamations were all overheard at the recent Pacific Orchid Expo<\/a>. Fittingly, this year’s show theme was “Celebrating Diversity.” With tens of thousand of varied species, and hundreds of thousands of varied hybrids, the orchid family is surely a diversity champion.<\/p>\n

\"Phalaenopsis<\/a>\"Odontioda<\/a>\"Disa<\/a><\/p>\n

All the photos in this post clearly demonstrate that range of differences, but especially the first two. In the first picture, there’s a rare, blooming Ghost Orchid, Dendrophylax lindenii<\/em><\/a>. Its elegant white blossom was displayed inside a tall glass jar, and therefore tough to photograph, but it’s still the stuff of orchid dreams, as in The Orchid Thief<\/em><\/a>. The second picture features a bizarre Dracula<\/a> species, Dracula chestertonii<\/em> ‘Quetzalcoatl’, which defies comparison to any plant sold in a supermarket or home improvement store. Its weird lip<\/a> mimics a fungus to trick small insects into pollinating it. It certainly exemplifies orchid diversity. Check back soon for more from San Francisco’s big show.<\/p>\n

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

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

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