{"id":45640,"date":"2024-03-19T20:41:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T04:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=45640"},"modified":"2024-04-01T10:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T18:38:03","slug":"spring-equinox-orchids-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/19\/spring-equinox-orchids-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Equinox Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Zygopetalum_BG_White_Stonehurst_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45659 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Zygopetalum_BG_White_Stonehurst_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Zygopetalum BG White 'Stonehurst', Zygo orchid hybrid flower, purple green and white flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Zygopetalum_BG_White_Stonehurst_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Zygopetalum_BG_White_Stonehurst_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Zygopetalum_BG_White_Stonehurst_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Laelia_anceps_Helen_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45656 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Laelia_anceps_Helen_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Laelia anceps 'Helen', orchid species flower, cattleya alliance, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Laelia_anceps_Helen_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Laelia_anceps_Helen_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Laelia_anceps_Helen_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Laelia_anceps_Helen_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epidendrum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45655 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epidendrum_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Epidendrum orchid flowers, orange and yellow flowers, flower with water drops, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epidendrum_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epidendrum_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epidendrum_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Epidendrum_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\/03\/Arpophyllum_giganteum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45648 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arpophyllum_giganteum_1000px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Arpophyllum giganteum, Giant Hyacinth Orchid, orchid species flowers and leaves, tall cluster of small purple flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arpophyllum_giganteum_1000px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arpophyllum_giganteum_1000px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arpophyllum_giganteum_1000px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_palliolata_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45657 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_palliolata_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Pleurothallis palliolata, orchid species flower, weird flower, pleurothallid, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_palliolata_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_palliolata_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_palliolata_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_palliolata_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_restrepioides_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45658 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_restrepioides_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Pleurothallis restrepioides, AKA Stelis restrepioides, orchid species flowers and buds, pleurothallid, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_restrepioides_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_restrepioides_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_restrepioides_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pleurothallis_restrepioides_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As spring begins today, these orchids have been flowering in our garden over the winter. Regular readers of this blog won&#8217;t be surprised that this post is heavy on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/17\/a-big-season-for-cymbidium-orchids\/\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, which are in the six photos below. The non-Cymbidiums in the six photos above include a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/23\/purple-zygo-orchids\/\">Zygo<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Laelia<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/29\/a-decade-of-epidendrums\/\">Epidendrum<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/26\/giant-hyacinth-orchid\/\">Giant Hyacinth Orchid<\/a>, and two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/17\/pleurothallids\/\">pleurothallids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_Green_Zenith_4N_x_Tracyanum_4N_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45649 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_Green_Zenith_4N_x_Tracyanum_4N_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium Green Zenith 4N x Tracyanum 4N, orchid hybrid flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_Green_Zenith_4N_x_Tracyanum_4N_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_Green_Zenith_4N_x_Tracyanum_4N_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_Green_Zenith_4N_x_Tracyanum_4N_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_Green_Zenith_4N_x_Tracyanum_4N_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45651 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium orchid hybrid flower, flower with water drops, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_2_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_4_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45653 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_4_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium orchid hybrid flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_4_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_4_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_4_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_tracyanum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45654 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_tracyanum_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium tracyanum, orchid species flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_tracyanum_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_tracyanum_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_tracyanum_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_tracyanum_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45652 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium orchid hybrid flower, yellow and white flower, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_3_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45650 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium orchid hybrid flowers, grown outdoors in Pacifica, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, winter brought frequent rains, enough to keep Northern California out of drought. There were some big storms, but none too bad, and it wasn&#8217;t too cold. Our rainy season isn&#8217;t done yet, so those things are still a possibility. For now, I&#8217;ll enjoy these great blooms, and look forward to more on the way. Happy Equinox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As spring begins today, these orchids have been flowering in our garden over the winter. Regular readers of this blog won&#8217;t be surprised that this post is heavy on the Cymbidiums, which are in the six photos below. The non-Cymbidiums in the six photos above include a Zygo, a Laelia, an Epidendrum, a Giant Hyacinth [&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":[15,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45640","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=45640"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45680,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45640\/revisions\/45680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}