2016 Annual 62nd Kunia Orchid Show

Once again a friend at tai chi offered us tickets to the Kunia Orchid Show which is held  at the Leilehua High School gym.

We've been taking mom to this orchid show for several years now because she's always loved orchids. She used to raise them until bulbuls decided they rather enjoyed plucking the buds off. They don't eat them. They just like to bite them off.

 As soon as we entered the gymnasium, mom was off like a flash trying to look at every flower and pointing out the ones she liked.

The bonsai club we belong to was there with demonstrations and displays.

This first teeny bonsai tree is a magnolia. The last one is a lone azalea.

Then there were the different types of floral arrangements. The one with the Legos was quite interesting.

 There were a number of these hanging type orchids.

 The variety of colors and shapes was pretty incredible!

These miniatures were really, really tiny. I should have put my finger next to it so you could see the relative size. The one on the left was a First Place winner.

This was the Unusual Orchid category.  And yes, they were definitely unusual.

For some reason mom liked the green colored orchids. She was quite busy telling us which photos we should be taking.

I rather liked these fuzzy orchids and sweet pink ones.

Everybody at the show seemed to be smiling and having a wonderful time. Like us, many brought their cameras.

Art noticed that our iPhone took just as good photos as my big Canon camera.

A friendly lady stopped us and asked if we'd like our photo taken. She said she couldn't help noticing how much mom was enjoying all the flowers.

Eventually, we did have to tear ourselves away to have our favorite saimin lunch at Zippy's.

When we returned home mom was smiling from ear to ear saying, "This was such a wonderful day."

It was.