{"id":48644,"date":"2026-04-25T19:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=48644"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:52:23","slug":"explore-the-smithsonians-orchid-collection-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/25\/explore-the-smithsonians-orchid-collection-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the Smithsonian&#8217;s Orchid Collection Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardens.si.edu\/collections\/plants\/orchids\/explore-orchids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy an online visit to the Smithsonian&#8217;s orchid collection.<\/a> Their website includes photos, 3D images, care info, news about conservation efforts, and more. The <a href=\"https:\/\/3d.si.edu\/explore?edan_local=&amp;edan_q=orchids&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D images<\/a> are quite remarkable, and allow users to explore fascinating flowers in great detail, and from every angle.<\/p>\n<p>The Smithsonian works in collaboration with the US Botanic Garden. Revisit these posts from 2024, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/09\/capital-orchids-at-the-us-capitol\/\">Capital Orchids at the US Capitol<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/09\/more-photos-from-the-us-botanic-garden\/\">More Photos from the US Botanic Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, check out the videos below about the Smithsonian&#8217;s orchids. Online or in-person, it&#8217;s definitely worth your time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tour of First Lady orchid collection, Smithsonian Gardens<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tour of First Lady orchid collection, with horticulturist Melanie Pyle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xO755OGMy9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian Gardens&#8217; Orchid Collection<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian Gardens&#039; Orchid Collection\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c402J6lz8kI?start=2041&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy an online visit to the Smithsonian&#8217;s orchid collection. Their website includes photos, 3D images, care info, news about conservation efforts, and more. The 3D images are quite remarkable, and allow users to explore fascinating flowers in great detail, and from every angle. The Smithsonian works in collaboration with the US Botanic Garden. Revisit these [&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":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48644","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=48644"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50742,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48644\/revisions\/50742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}