Ua loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu Bulbophyllum mua ma kahi hanana hoʻololi mea kanu, me ka ʻike ʻole i kaʻu mea e komo nei. Ma hope wale nō ua ʻike au ʻo ia ka genus nui loa…
Ma hope o nā makahiki o ka ulu ʻana i nā orchids i loko o nā ipuhao maʻamau wale nō, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻāʻo e kau i kahi orchid ma kahi papa lāʻau, makemake nui e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kēia ʻano hana aʻu i ʻike mau ai i nā kiʻi…
He inoa ko Masdevallia e keakea ana ma mua o ke kōkua ʻana: "he ʻorchid paʻakikī, no ka poʻe me ke ea hoʻoluʻu wale nō." ʻO ka ʻāpana e pili ana i ka mahana he ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā ʻaʻole i piha—a ʻo ia…
Ma kahi hoʻāʻo maikaʻi e hoʻolalelale i ka ulu ʻana o kahi orchid i like me ka lohi iki, ua hoʻopili wau i ka mea hoʻouluulu ma kahi kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, me ka manaʻo he "a…
Ua loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu Epidendrum mua ma ke ʻano he mea kanu liʻiliʻi, kokoke like me kahi lima o nā kumu lahilahi a ʻano ʻole. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo nui mai kēlā mea kanu haʻahaʻa, akā i loko o kekahi mau mahina…
I kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e lawe mai ai i kahi ʻōkeka hou i ka home, ke pale aku nei au i ka hoʻowalewale e hoʻoneʻe koke iā ia i kahi ipu nani a i ʻole e kau iā ia ma kona kūlana hope loa. Ua aʻo au ma hope…
ʻO ke ʻano o ka ʻike ʻana o ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i nā orchids ka mea ʻino loa: ʻike lākou i kahi lau melemele, huli i ka "lau orchid melemele," loaʻa i ʻewalu mau kumu kūpono, a koho i ka…
ʻO ka poʻe e ulu ana i nā ʻokikena ma ʻEulopa a i ʻole ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, pono lākou i kahi hale kōmahana wela no ka hapa nui o ka makahiki. Ma Brazil, ma ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina, hiki ke hana i kēia…
Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi nīnau hopohopo mai kahi mea heluhelu e pili ana i kahi ʻano kahakaha ʻē a ʻano ʻē ma ka lau o kahi orchid i loaʻa hou, kahi hōʻailona, ma hope o ka noiʻi nui, ua ʻike wau ...
No ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea e ʻike ai i ka wā e pono ai ka orchid e hoʻololi hou i ka ipu, e waiho ana i kekahi mau mea kanu ma ka substrate like no ka manawa lōʻihi a hiki i ka pilikia ...