{"id":1139,"date":"2024-04-30T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2024-08-27T23:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T03:06:33","slug":"moth-orchid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/flowers-and-foliage\/moth-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"Moth Orchid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Flowers and Foliage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moth Orchid\u00a0<em>(<em>Phalaenopsis spp.)<\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Phalaenopsis<\/em>\u00a0produce long arching sprays of white or pink flowers resembling moths in flight, which explains the common name &#8220;Moth orchid.&#8221; A\u00a0<em>Phalaenopsis<\/em>\u00a0produces one or two new thick,\u00a0<em>alternate<\/em>,\u00a0<em>ovate<\/em>, leathery leaves a year. The older leaves drop off at the same rate. A leaf may be from 12 to 24 inches in length, depending on the cultivar.\u00a0<em>Inflorescences<\/em>\u00a0of 10 to 20 flowers with five\u00a0<em>petals,<\/em>\u00a0and from two to four inches in diameter, vary from white, pink, yellow, orange, peppermint striped and two-toned varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/flowers\/moth_orchid_foliagefl.jpg\" alt=\"Moth orchid flower and foliage with brace roots showing\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/flowers\/moth_orchid_foliagefl2.jpg\" alt=\"Moth orchid with foliage on tree\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>UF\/IFAS<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/flowers\/moth_orchid_white.jpg\" alt=\"White moth orchids\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(cc) 2005, Javier Martin. This photo is licensed under&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/flowers\/moth_orchid_orange.jpg\" alt=\"Orange striped moth orchid\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Public domain<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":983,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4057,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions\/4057"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}