{"id":6930,"date":"2011-02-14T08:42:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T16:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2011-08-09T20:15:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T04:15:37","slug":"orchid-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/14\/orchid-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If valentine romance is turning into worry over your new orchid, take heart. With a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/index.html\">care basics<\/a>, orchids are as easy as common houseplants. Check out these tips, and then you can turn your thoughts back to your valentine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All orchids need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">high humidity<\/a>. Dry air can lead to wilting flowers, drying leaves, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/problems\/index.html\">pests<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll eventually have to remove ribbons, wrapping paper, or decorative containers if they block the holes in the bottom of the flower pot. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">Orchids need good air flow and water drainage around their roots<\/a>. They\u2019ll quickly rot if left sitting in water.<\/li>\n<li>It will help to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/index.html\">identify your orchid<\/a> so you can learn specific <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">light<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">temperature<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> needs. You don\u2019t need to figure out its exact name, only the family of orchids where it belongs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals, or Moth Orchids<\/a>, are the most common varieties sold. If the shape of your flowers look like the first photo below, then that\u2019s probably what you have. Other common varieties include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cattleya.html\">Cattleyas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/oncidium.html\">Oncidiums<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you can\u2019t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/index.html\">identify your orchid<\/a>, use these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/index.html\">basic care tips<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Established orchid growers should continue to maintain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/dormancy.html\">winter dormancy<\/a>, keep up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">humidity<\/a>, and watch for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/problems\/index.html\">pests<\/a>. When <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/07\/healthy-orchid-roots\/\">new roots<\/a> or leaves start to appear, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/14\/repotting\/\">check to see if it&#8217;s time to repot.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Phalaenopsis_Maki_Watanabe_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6935\" title=\"Phalaenopsis flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Phalaenopsis_Maki_Watanabe_640px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Phalaenopsis flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Phalaenopsis_Maki_Watanabe_640px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Phalaenopsis_Maki_Watanabe_640px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Phalaenopsis_Maki_Watanabe_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Cattleya_hybrid_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6936\" title=\"Cattleya flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Cattleya_hybrid_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleya flowers\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Cattleya_hybrid_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Cattleya_hybrid_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Cattleya_hybrid_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6937\" title=\"Oncidium flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Oncidium flowers\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Oncidium_hybrid_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If valentine romance is turning into worry over your new orchid, take heart. With a few care basics, orchids are as easy as common houseplants. Check out these tips, and then you can turn your thoughts back to your valentine. All orchids need high humidity. Dry air can lead to wilting flowers, drying leaves, and [&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":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930","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=6930"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6984,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions\/6984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}