{"id":602,"date":"2009-06-05T07:54:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/masdevallia-weather\/"},"modified":"2010-02-05T21:15:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T05:15:39","slug":"masdevallia-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/masdevallia-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Masdevallia Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"

With cool, foggy weather here in San Francisco, and even some unusual late spring showers this week, it’s the perfect climate for Masdevallias<\/a>. No wonder that we have 3 different kinds in bloom at once. This first set shows a great purple hybrid with typical Masdevallia traits, like the triangular shape and bright colors. The last photo in the set shows a less noticeable family trait, with a close-up of the tiny petals and lip inside the flower.<\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Malaxis<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Small<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite the common misconception that all orchids want warm temperatures<\/a>, Masdevallias are native to cool, high-altitude rainforests with constant rain or fog. They range from mountains in Mexico and Central America south into the Andes. In cultivation they need a cool, damp climate, although they must be protected from freezing. There are warmer growing varieties also, but no matter what climate they prefer, Masdevallias need daily watering<\/a> and high humidity<\/a>. This orange hybrid has been a reliable bloomer for years, and enjoys living outside all year long in the San Francisco fog.<\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n

This final set shows an extra small species from Ecuador. It’s one of the only members of the vast Masdevallia family to have multiple blooms on each flower spike. In its native home, it lives in a forest that receives very little rain, but constant fog and mist. No wonder it’s enjoying our weather!<\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Masdevallia<\/a>\"Masdevallia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With cool, foggy weather here in San Francisco, and even some unusual late spring showers this week, it’s the perfect climate for Masdevallias. No wonder that we have 3 different kinds in bloom at once. This first set shows a great purple hybrid with typical Masdevallia traits, like the triangular shape and bright colors. The […]<\/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":[15,19,10,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-growers","category-mini-orchids","category-orchids-in-the-wild","category-photos","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","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=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2234,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions\/2234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}