{"id":48815,"date":"2025-06-20T13:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=48815"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:00:25","slug":"summertime-summertime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/20\/summertime-summertime\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime, Summertime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48826 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers and leaves, orchid hybrid flowers, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cymbidium_hybrid_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48827 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_1000px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium orchid in bloom, white flowers, leaves, pseudobulbs, hanging orchid, mounted orchid, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_1000px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_1000px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_1000px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_kingianum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48828 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_kingianum_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium kingianum, Pink Rock Orchid, orchid species flowers, small purple flowers, fragrant flowers, Australian orchid, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_kingianum_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_kingianum_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_kingianum_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In honor of today&#8217;s solstice, enjoy these photos from a recent visit to a friend&#8217;s garden. The plants thriving outdoors in her backyard in San Francisco&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mission_District,_San_Francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission District<\/a> include lots of orchids. Cool-growing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/17\/a-big-season-for-cymbidium-orchids\/\">Cymbidiums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/10\/how-to-say-coelogyne\/\">Coelogynes<\/a> put on a stunning show. Flowering maples, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/18\/fuchsia-flower-power\/\">fuchsias<\/a>, and a very happy orange clivia complement the orchids. Whether you&#8217;re celebrating the longest day of the year or the longest night of the year, have a happy solstice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Coelogyne_cristata_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48825 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Coelogyne_cristata_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Coelogyne cristata, orchid species flowers, white and yellow flowers, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Coelogyne_cristata_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Coelogyne_cristata_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Coelogyne_cristata_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_1_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48822 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_1_1000px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Abutilon flower, Flowering Maple, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_1_1000px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_1_1000px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_1_1000px.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_striolatum_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48829 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_striolatum_1000px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium striolatum, Streaked Rock Orchid, AKA Dockrillia striolata, orchid species flowers and leaves, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_striolatum_1000px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_striolatum_1000px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_striolatum_1000px-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dendrobium_striolatum_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_2_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48823 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_2_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Abutilon flowers, Flowering Maple, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_2_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_2_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_2_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Abutilon_2_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fuchsia_boliviana_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48830 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fuchsia_boliviana_1000px-77x128.jpg\" alt=\"Fuchsia boliviana, Bolivian Fuchsia flowers and buds, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"77\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fuchsia_boliviana_1000px-77x128.jpg 77w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fuchsia_boliviana_1000px-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fuchsia_boliviana_1000px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Clivia_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48824 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Clivia_1000px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Clivia flowers and leaves, Natal Lily, orange flowers, growing outdoors in a Mission District backyard, San Francisco, California\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Clivia_1000px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Clivia_1000px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Clivia_1000px-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Clivia_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of today&#8217;s solstice, enjoy these photos from a recent visit to a friend&#8217;s garden. The plants thriving outdoors in her backyard in San Francisco&#8217;s Mission District include lots of orchids. Cool-growing Cymbidiums, Dendrobiums, and Coelogynes put on a stunning show. Flowering maples, fuchsias, and a very happy orange clivia complement the orchids. Whether [&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-48815","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\/48815","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=48815"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48851,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48815\/revisions\/48851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}