{"id":45397,"date":"2024-02-12T11:08:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=45397"},"modified":"2024-02-20T21:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:00:45","slug":"dont-miss-the-pacific-orchid-expo-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/12\/dont-miss-the-pacific-orchid-expo-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Miss the Pacific Orchid Expo This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Caucaea_olivacea_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45401 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Caucaea_olivacea_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Caucaea olivacea, orchid species flower, miniature orchid, oncidium, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Caucaea_olivacea_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Caucaea_olivacea_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Caucaea_olivacea_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Leonards_Pride_Petrus_FCC_AOS_SM_CSA_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45410 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Leonards_Pride_Petrus_FCC_AOS_SM_CSA_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum Leonard's Pride 'Petrus' FCC\/AOS SM\/CSA, orchid hybrid flower and bud, Paph, Paphiopedilum, Lady Slipper, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Leonards_Pride_Petrus_FCC_AOS_SM_CSA_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Leonards_Pride_Petrus_FCC_AOS_SM_CSA_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Leonards_Pride_Petrus_FCC_AOS_SM_CSA_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Leonards_Pride_Petrus_FCC_AOS_SM_CSA_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dendrobium_Kurenai_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45404 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dendrobium_Kurenai_1000px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium Kurenai, orchid hybrid flowers, purple and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dendrobium_Kurenai_1000px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dendrobium_Kurenai_1000px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dendrobium_Kurenai_1000px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dendrobium_Kurenai_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Fritz_Wunderlich_Sycamore_Creek_AM_AOS_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45403 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Fritz_Wunderlich_Sycamore_Creek_AM_AOS_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Fritz Wunderlich 'Sycamore Creek' AM\/AOS, orchid hybrid flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Fritz_Wunderlich_Sycamore_Creek_AM_AOS_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Fritz_Wunderlich_Sycamore_Creek_AM_AOS_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Fritz_Wunderlich_Sycamore_Creek_AM_AOS_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Fritz_Wunderlich_Sycamore_Creek_AM_AOS_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Masdevallia_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45406 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Masdevallia_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia orchid flower, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Masdevallia_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Masdevallia_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Masdevallia_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45407 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium orchid flower, orchid hybrid, close up of flower lip, Dancing Lady Orchid, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orchidsanfrancisco.org\/poe-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 71st Annual Pacific Orchid Expo<\/a> runs from this Friday, February 16th through Sunday, February 18th, with a special preview night on Thursday, February 15th. It happens at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, at 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way, in San Francisco. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/timeless-orchids-71st-annual-pacific-orchid-exposition-tickets-746322750437?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets are available in advance for a discount<\/a>, or at the door. It&#8217;s always a spectacular show, with great vendors, expert care demos, activities for kids, and more. These photos from last year&#8217;s event offer just a taste of the orchid wonders to expect. Don&#8217;t miss it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45408 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum, orchid flowers, Paph, Lady Slipper, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Habenaria_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45405 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Habenaria_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Habenaria orchid flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Habenaria_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Habenaria_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Habenaria_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_2_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45400 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_2_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya orchid flowers, Laelia, orange flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_2_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_2_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_2_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_2_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Dots_Spots_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45409 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Dots_Spots_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Paphiopedilum Dot's Spots, orchid hybrid flowers, Paph, Lady Slipper, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Dots_Spots_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Dots_Spots_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Dots_Spots_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Paphiopedilum_Dots_Spots_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_1_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45399 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_1_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya orchid flowers, white purple and yellow flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_1_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_1_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cattleya_1_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Elle_Ronis_Cinnabar_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45402 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Elle_Ronis_Cinnabar_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Elle Ronis 'Cinnabar', orchid hybrid flowers, red and white flowers, Pacific Orchid Expo 2023, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Elle_Ronis_Cinnabar_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Elle_Ronis_Cinnabar_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cymbidium_Elle_Ronis_Cinnabar_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 71st Annual Pacific Orchid Expo runs from this Friday, February 16th through Sunday, February 18th, with a special preview night on Thursday, February 15th. It happens at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, at 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way, in San Francisco. Tickets are available in advance for a discount, or at [&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-45397","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\/45397","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=45397"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45429,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45397\/revisions\/45429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}