{"id":45840,"date":"2018-04-26T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=45840"},"modified":"2018-04-26T18:33:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T23:33:07","slug":"the-samurai-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/the-samurai-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"The samurai orchid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Neofinetia falcata<\/em> (or Vanda falcata<\/em>) that I got back in November survived my inept care and is now in bloom. It’s a small plant, almost a miniature. The blossoms are about five-eighths of an inch across, and the length, including the spur, about an inch-and-a-half. This, I gather, is on the small side; an inch across and two-and-a-half long is more typical, according to what I’ve read. At night the flowers smell like vanilla with a slight hint of lemon.<\/p>\n

I’ve mentioned before<\/a> that the Japanese obsessed over these little epiphytes.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Cacti, which would have been unknown in Japan until the later 19th century, turn up in everything from Martian Successor Nadesico<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to Elf Princess Rane<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, so there ought to be an occasional Neofinetia<\/em> here and there in animated shows. But, as far as I know, there isn’t. Perhaps there’s one in the later episodes of Hyouge Mono<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which I never finished, but probably not. I can’t think of any shows featuring orchidaceae.<\/p>\n

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The Neofinetia falcata (or Vanda falcata) that I got back in November survived my inept care and is now in bloom. It’s a small plant, almost a miniature. The blossoms are about five-eighths of an inch across, and the length, including the spur, about an inch-and-a-half. This, I gather, is on the small side; an … Continue reading “The samurai orchid”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,692,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-botany","category-photo-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-bVm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45847,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45840\/revisions\/45847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}