{"id":8401,"date":"2016-03-21T07:46:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8401"},"modified":"2016-03-20T01:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T08:17:24","slug":"orchid-or-pansy-no-a-pansy-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/orchid-or-pansy-no-a-pansy-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pansy Orchid! Miltoniopsis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4008\/4394368529_0690ffe7bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Orchid flowers are available in so many different colours and forms.<\/p>\n<p>It struck me that both of these Orchids had the look of Pansy flowers with the whiskery central colouring and petal formation.<\/p>\n<p>Have the Pansy and Orchid genes got mix up somewhere in evolution? Not really but a gardener needs some imagination, to say nothing of perseverance, patience etc.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4059\/4394372147_c72dc00dca.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miltoniopsis Species and Hybrids<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After noticing this I discovered that the Pansy Orchids are called Miltonia Orchids.<\/li>\n<li>They grow rapidly into specimens if they can enjoy warm conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Many hybrids have been bred over the years that are easy to grow and they will flower with the flat Pansy-like face<\/li>\n<li>A humid atmosphere is beneficial. Miltonias prefer to have their roots constantly damp, but never soggy .<\/li>\n<li>If the leaves have a pink tinge the plant is receiving the maximum amount of light. Red leaves are a sign of too much light and yellow too little.<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Miltoniopsis are native to South America<\/li>\n<li>The fragrant flowers last about six weeks but do not last as well when cut.<\/li>\n<li>Water Miltonias\u00c2\u00a0 once a week, more often if the potting mix appears to be drying out.<\/li>\n<li>Fertilize with a dilute solution of balanced fertilizer about once every two months while the plants are growing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have the Pansy and Orchid genes got mix up somewhere in evolution? Not really but a gardener needs some imagination, to say nothing of perseverance, patience&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}