{"id":669,"date":"2009-07-11T15:40:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T23:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/11\/ghost-orchid\/"},"modified":"2010-05-02T16:51:16","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T00:51:16","slug":"ghost-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/11\/ghost-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Orchid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The typically elusive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naplesnews.com\/photos\/galleries\/2008\/jul\/09\/ghost-orchid\/52507\/\">ghost orchid<\/a>, made famous in the bestselling book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/044900371X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=abouorch-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=044900371X\"><em>The Orchid Thief<\/em><\/a> and the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00005JLRE?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=abouorch-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00005JLRE\"><em>Adaptation<\/em><\/a>, is readily visible for those near Naples, Florida. For decades, some orchid lovers have braved mosquito and alligator-infested swamps, only to leave disappointed without even a glimpse of the rare and unusual beauty. Now, a trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corkscrew.audubon.org\/\">the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary<\/a> provides an easy way to see a great specimen blooming in the wild, all from the comfort of a public boardwalk. The sanctuary does recommend that you bring your binoculars, since the plant is high up in a tree. This bizarre orchid has stunning white flowers and no leaves (the chlorophyll is in the roots.) Although it is endangered in its natural habitat, ghost orchid plants which are legally grown from seed can be purchased from reputable vendors like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakhillgardens.com\/htm\/orchid_fs_detail.php?prod=561\">this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The typically elusive ghost orchid, made famous in the bestselling book The Orchid Thief and the movie Adaptation, is readily visible for those near Naples, Florida. For decades, some orchid lovers have braved mosquito and alligator-infested swamps, only to leave disappointed without even a glimpse of the rare and unusual beauty. Now, a trip to [&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":[14,12,22,10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-fragrant-orchids","category-in-the-news","category-orchids-in-the-wild","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","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=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3297,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/3297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}