{"id":8014,"date":"2011-04-17T22:12:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T06:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=8014"},"modified":"2012-04-18T20:31:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T04:31:18","slug":"conservatory-of-flowers-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/17\/conservatory-of-flowers-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatory of Flowers redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You didn&#8217;t think I could fit all our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/08\/conservatory-of-flowers-2\/\">great photos from the Conservatory of Flowers<\/a> into one post, did you? Even with another post, it just scratches the surface. There&#8217;s so much to inspire and admire; it&#8217;s a spoil of photographic riches.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8019\" title=\"In front of the Conservatory of Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px1-128x76.jpg\" alt=\"In front of the Conservatory of Flowers\" width=\"128\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px1-128x76.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px1-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Conservatory_of_Flowers_800px1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm_leaf_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8016\" title=\"Palm leaf at the Conservatory of Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm_leaf_800px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Palm leaf at the Conservatory of Flowers\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm_leaf_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm_leaf_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Palm_leaf_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bromeliad_flower_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8017\" title=\"Bromeliad flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bromeliad_flower_640px-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad flower\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bromeliad_flower_640px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bromeliad_flower_640px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bromeliad_flower_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Botanical beauty takes many forms, especially in the orchid world. I don&#8217;t know what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/24\/sinister-draculas\/\">Dracula<\/a> variety is in the next photo, but it&#8217;s easy to see why some kinds have the Spanish nickname &#8220;monkey face&#8221; <em>(&#8220;cara de mono.&#8221;)<\/em> A hairy Bulbophyllum bloom in the middle photo also seems more like a mammal than a plant. The maidenhair fern in the last shot imparts a leafier impression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dracula_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8021\" title=\"Dracula flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dracula_640px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula flower\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dracula_640px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dracula_640px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Dracula_640px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bulbophyllum_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8018\" title=\"Close up of Bulbophyllum flower lip\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bulbophyllum_640px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Bulbophyllum flower lip\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bulbophyllum_640px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bulbophyllum_640px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bulbophyllum_640px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Maidenhair_fern_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8022\" title=\"Maidenhair fern\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Maidenhair_fern_640px-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"Maidenhair fern\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Maidenhair_fern_640px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Maidenhair_fern_640px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Maidenhair_fern_640px.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The spoils for our cameras also include more common orchid varieties, like a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/miltonia.html\">Miltonia<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/cymbidium.html\">Cymbidium<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallia<\/a>. They&#8217;re just a sampling of the wonders at the Conservatory of Flowers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Miltonia_640px1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8024\" title=\"Miltonia flowers at the Conservatory of Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Miltonia_640px1-128x96.jpg\" alt=\"Miltonia flowers at the Conservatory of Flowers\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Miltonia_640px1-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Miltonia_640px1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Miltonia_640px1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cymbidium_hybrid_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8020\" title=\"Cymbidium flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cymbidium_hybrid_640px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbidium flowers\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cymbidium_hybrid_640px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cymbidium_hybrid_640px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Cymbidium_hybrid_640px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Masdevallia_640px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8023\" title=\"Masdevallia at the Conservatory of Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Masdevallia_640px-96x128.jpg\" alt=\"Masdevallia at the Conservatory of Flowers\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Masdevallia_640px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Masdevallia_640px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Masdevallia_640px.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You didn&#8217;t think I could fit all our great photos from the Conservatory of Flowers into one post, did you? Even with another post, it just scratches the surface. There&#8217;s so much to inspire and admire; it&#8217;s a spoil of photographic riches. Botanical beauty takes many forms, especially in the orchid world. I don&#8217;t know [&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":[13,27,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botanical-gardens","category-growing-orchids-in-san-francisco","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8014","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=8014"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11761,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8014\/revisions\/11761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}