{"id":575,"date":"2009-05-19T20:23:03","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T04:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/19\/more-from-singapore-botanic-gardens\/"},"modified":"2013-11-12T21:46:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T05:46:52","slug":"more-from-singapore-botanic-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/19\/more-from-singapore-botanic-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"More from Singapore Botanic Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan-Marie took so many amazing picture from her visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbg.org.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Singapore Botanic Gardens<\/a> that I couldn&#8217;t possibly fit them into one post. I&#8217;ll start with more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/vanda.html\">Vandas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/dendrobium.html\">Dendrobiums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vanda flowers and plant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/vandas_1_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/vandas_1_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Vanda flowers and plant\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Vanda flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/vandas_2_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/vandas_2_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Vanda flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dendrobium flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobiums_1_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobiums_1_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Dendrobium flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobium_joaquim_alberto_chissano_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobium_joaquim_alberto_chissano_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">warm growers<\/a> epitomize the word orchid. With the largest display of tropical orchids in the world, Singapore Botanic Gardens has been a pioneer in orchid breeding for decades. These <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Wilsonara<\/a>, Dendrobium, Oncidium and Vanda photos show examples of their hybridization programs.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wilsonara flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wilsonara_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wilsonara_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Wilsonara flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Dendrobium flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobiums_2_800px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobiums_2_800px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Oncidium flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oncidiums_1_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oncidiums_1_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Vanda flowers and leaves\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/vanda_mimi_palmer_1_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/vanda_mimi_palmer_1_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Vanda flowers and leaves\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of the orchids in these photos are hybrids that are bred to be hardy, as long as they receive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/index.html\">good basic care<\/a>. The first picture in this set shows a hybrid Dendrobium aptly nicknamed an &#8220;Antelope Dendrobium.&#8221; Besides their corkscrew petals, most Antelope Dendrobiums have a rich fragrance. The final picture shows a tunnel with thousands of yellow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidium<\/a> flowers, surely a tropical paradise.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Antelope Dendrobium flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobium_margaret_thatcher_800px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobium_margaret_thatcher_800px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Dendrobium flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Dendrobium flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobiums_2_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dendrobiums_2_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Dendrobium flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bulbophyllum flower and plant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bulbophyllum_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bulbophyllum_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Bulbophyllum flower and plant\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Oncidium flowers hang from arches\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oncidiums_2_800px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oncidiums_2_800px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium flowers hang from arches\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan-Marie took so many amazing picture from her visit to Singapore Botanic Gardens that I couldn&#8217;t possibly fit them into one post. I&#8217;ll start with more Vandas and Dendrobiums. These warm growers epitomize the word orchid. With the largest display of tropical orchids in the world, Singapore Botanic Gardens has been a pioneer in orchid [&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":[13,12,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-fragrant-orchids","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","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=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17374,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/17374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}