{"id":13041,"date":"2011-10-05T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=13041"},"modified":"2011-10-05T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T19:28:30","slug":"countdown-to-kiku-kiku-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-kiku-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do They Do That?: Ogiku, or &#8216;Triple Stem&#8217; Kiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13050\" style=\"width: 557px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC9960.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-kiku-is-here\/attachment\/_dsc9960\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC9960.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"929,622\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1226485157&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Ivo M. Vermeulen&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ogiku Display\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC9960-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC9960.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13050 \" title=\"Ogiku Display\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC9960.jpg\" alt=\"Ogiku Display\" width=\"557\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC9960.jpg 929w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC9960-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ogiku display in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After more than a week of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/tag\/countdown-to-kiku\/\">counting down the classes and styles of <em>kiku<\/em><\/a>, these beautiful flower displays are back in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/fall-flowers-japan\/\"><em>Fall Flowers of Japan<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Come visit these extraordinary flowers, just 20-minutes from Grand Central to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iridetheharlemline.com\/2011\/01\/25\/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-botanical-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Botanical Garden station<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mta.info\/mnr\/\">Metro North<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harlem_Line\" target=\"_blank\">Harlem Line<\/a>. While you&#8217;re here, you should also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/tip-of-the-week\/september-roses\/\">visit the sublimely beautiful Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden<\/a>, indulge in a delicious lunch at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/visit\/dining.php\">Garden Cafe<\/a>, wander along the Bronx River in New York City&#8217;s largest remaining plot of old-growth forest; the 50-acre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/thain-forest\/\">Thain Family Forest<\/a>, and marvel at the beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-oh-the-light\/\">fall light<\/a> as it plays off the Garden&#8217;s 250-acres. The Garden is never the same two days in a row, so come spend a day in one of the world&#8217;s greatest urban gardens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">The New York Botanical Garden<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more How do they do that? Learn how our horticulturists train the Ogiku kiku below. --><\/p>\n<p>The plants in the <em>ogiku<\/em>, or &#8216;Triple Stem,&#8217; display are trained to produce one enormous blossom atop each tall stem.<\/p>\n[Not a valid template]\n<p><strong>Previous Days in the Kiku Countdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-tomorrow\/\"><em>Kiku<\/em> Classification: Spider, Brush and Thistle, and Unusual<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-three-days\/\">How Do They Do That?: Shino-Tsukuri or &#8216;Driving Rain&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-four-days\/\"><em>Kiku<\/em> Classification: Anemone, Spoon, and Quill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-five-days\/\">How Do They Do That?: <em>Kengai<\/em> or &#8216;Cascade&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-six-days\/\"><em>Kiku<\/em> Classification: Decorative, Intermediate Incurve, Pompom, and Single and Semi-Doubles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-seven-days\/\">How Do They Do That?: <em>Ozukuri<\/em> or &#8216;Thousand Bloom&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-eight-days\/\"><em>Kiku<\/em> Classification: <strong><\/strong>Irregular Incurve, Reflex, and Regular Incurve<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiku is back in the Enid A. 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