{"id":13118,"date":"2011-10-04T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=13118"},"modified":"2011-10-05T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T19:28:06","slug":"countdown-to-kiku-moving-ozukuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-moving-ozukuri\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do they Do That?: Moving Ozukuri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IVO2816.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-moving-ozukuri\/attachment\/_ivo2816\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IVO2816.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1317652192&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_IVO2816\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IVO2816-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IVO2816.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13125\" title=\"_IVO2816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IVO2816-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IVO2816-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IVO2816.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>How do you move a plant with a &#8216;thousand blooms&#8217;? Very, <em>very<\/em> carefully.<\/p>\n<p>After months of attention, care, and careful training, this beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/09\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-seven-days\/\"><em>ozukuri<\/em><\/a>, or &#8216;thousand bloom&#8217; <em>kiku<\/em> is moved from the Nolen Greenhouses, to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to become part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/fall-flowers-japan\/\"><em>Fall Flowers of Japan<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Head below to see a slideshow of how this huge plant made its journey from the Nolen Greenhouses to the Conservatory. --><\/p>\n[Not a valid template]\n<p>The <em>kiku<\/em> portion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/fall-flowers-japan\/\"><em>Fall Flowers of Japan<\/em><\/a> officially opens tomorrow, but we were in the Conservatory this morning, and this particular <em>ozukuri<\/em> is already on display, as are many colorful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-five-days\/\"><em>kengai<\/em>, or &#8216;cascade&#8217; displays<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-three-days\/\"><em>shino-tsukuri<\/em>, or &#8216;driving rain&#8217; displays<\/a>. These flower displays are so much more impressive in person, and should be seen to be truly appreciated! Come enjoy the splendor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/fall-flowers-japan\/\"><em>Fall Flowers of Japan<\/em><\/a>, it&#8217;s a true cultural experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you move a kiku with a &#8216;thousand blooms&#8217; (also known as ozukuri)? Very, very carefully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":13121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1282,3],"tags":[1786,4693,944,4624,4648],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/13-kiku.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-3pA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13118"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13124,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13118\/revisions\/13124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}