{"id":1916,"date":"2019-03-23T23:03:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T03:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2019-03-28T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T18:41:56","slug":"the-barbados-orchid-society-celebrates-80-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/the-barbados-orchid-society-celebrates-80-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Barbados Orchid Society Celebrates 80 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year the Barbados Orchid Society celebrates its 80th Anniversary. The group then called &nbsp;The Barbados Orchid Circle, formed in 1939, after realizing the popularity of their exhibits at the Barbados Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition and other flower exhibitions of the day. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Barbados Orchid Society\" class=\"wp-image-1917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This general appreciation meant that orchid exhibitions grew from a small wooden booth display to large, thirty-foot metal enclosures filled with a colourful variety of tropical orchids. As the displays grew, so did the crowds. In 1992, the name if the group was officially changed from The Barbados Orchid Circle to Barbados Orchid Society. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still blossoming, the Society continues to stage biennial shows at various locations across the island, as well as exhibit at various overseas shows. Furthermore, they continue to meet at a member&#8217;s home on the second Sunday of every month. In celebration of the 80th Anniversary, the Barbados Orchid Society will showcase an 80th Anniversary Orchid Show on March 30-31, 2019.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-80th-Anniversary-Orchid-Show-2019-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Barbados Orchid Society 80th Anniversary Orchid Show 2019\" class=\"wp-image-1918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-80th-Anniversary-Orchid-Show-2019-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-80th-Anniversary-Orchid-Show-2019-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barbados-Orchid-Society-80th-Anniversary-Orchid-Show-2019-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the 80th Anniversary, the Barbados Orchid Society will showcase an 80th Anniversary Orchid Show on March 30th &#8211; 31st, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,7,98,444],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}