{"id":2359,"date":"2012-06-28T16:12:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T20:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2012-06-28T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T20:12:39","slug":"the-wild-lady-slipper-orchids-are-blooming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/06\/28\/the-wild-lady-slipper-orchids-are-blooming\/","title":{"rendered":"The wild lady slipper orchids are blooming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Lady-slipper.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2360\" title=\"Lady-slipper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Lady-slipper.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have a secret spot where the wild lady slipper orchids bloom abundantly around June 24th. Not just one or two of these rare orchids (that are the Minnesota state flower), but dozens and dozens of plants growing in clumps and singles all along a low spot. The blooms are huge and delicately tinged with pink and white.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Bunch-of-lady-slippers.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2361\" title=\"Bunch-of-lady-slippers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Bunch-of-lady-slippers.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I discovered them many years ago and yearly make a pilgrimage to this special place to gaze in awe at their beauty. It doesn&#8217;t take much to &#8220;entertain&#8221; a true homesteader; I just enjoy nature&#8217;s beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a secret spot where the wild lady slipper orchids bloom abundantly around June 24th. Not just one or two of these rare orchids (that are the Minnesota state flower), but dozens and dozens of plants growing in clumps and singles all along a low spot. The blooms are huge and delicately tinged with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}