2013 Kunia Orchid Show

Our friend, Ed gave us tickets to go to the Kunia Orchid Show which was held at Leilehua High School in Wahiawa.  Last year, our son Jon and Sarah were here so we went together.

It rained last year.  It was raining again this year when we went to pick up my brother, Dennis.

The flower show was set up in the high school gymnasium.

Orchids were also for sale.  Although mom loves orchids, she didn't feel she could give them the expert care they needed.

 

The variations were amazing. 

 

This green anthurium was called Midori which is green in Japanese.

There was also a bonsai exhibit and demonstration.

The miniature orchids were adorable.

Some of the orchid coloring was hard to capture on our cameras.

The display on the top photo showed the best orchids in the show.

This purple orchid was Dennis' favorite.  I can't remember which was mom's favorite.  She was like a child in a candy store, pulling us along and telling us to take a photo of every orchid that caught her eye.

I rather liked that fluffy white orchid.

I'm not so sure if I agreed with the best in the show.  It was really hard to capture the subtle pink coloring.

After spending a couple of hours there, we went back into the rain to have lunch at the Ginger House (Chinese restaurant) in Mililani.

All in all, it was a wonderful Sunday!

Sunday Adventure #1: Orchids! Orchids!

We had only two more full days with Jon and Sarah so we had to make the most of Sunday.  I've decided to divide the Sunday adventures into three posts because it was too busy a day.

Photo taken by me

Art's friend, Ed surprised us with tickets to the 58th Annual Orchid Show at Leilehua High School so we started the morning by going to Wahiawa. 

We were surprised to see the gymnasium full of orchid displays.

Photo taken by Sarah

We could hardly wait to start taking photos.  Mom was so excited that she kept pointing out blooms that she wanted us to record.

We told her to select a plant to bring home, but she refused.  She said the bulbuls would just eat the buds anyway and upset her.

Photo taken by Art or Sarah

Jon loved watching his grandmother so excited about all the unique and interesting orchids.

Photo taken by Sarah

Mom was excited and euphoric to be around so many beautiful flowers.

Photo taken by Alyn Nishioka

One of the orchid presenters came out of his booth and offered to take our photo.  His name was Alyn Nishioka and we discovered he was a professional photographer.  I asked him if he knew our photographer friend, Dave.  He did... very well.  Then I asked him if he knew my brother, Dennis.  He knew him also.  This is such a small island.  Art asked him if we could take his photo and he laughingly set up a photo.  He asked to take my camera.

Photo taken by Art

The caption could read:  "You're taking photos of my gorgeous orchids with this cheap camera?  Get your brother over here."

I think Sarah took this photo.

Then something caught mom's eyes and she let out a whoop.

Photo taken by Jon and his fancy camera

 Yup... a walking flower basket.

Photo taken by me

Mom thought the leaves on this orchid plant were really interesting. 

Photo taken by me

 I thought this flower was really striking.

Photo taken by Jon

Photo taken by Jon with the above mentioned camera

Photo taken by Jon

Photo taken by Jon

I'm sorry I didn't copy the names of all the different orchids.  We just enjoyed their beauty.

Photo taken by Jon

Photo taken by Art

 This green anthirium really caught our eye.  I've never seen one this green before.

Photo taken by Jon

There were also bonsai demonstrations that were taking place.  That was a lot of fun to watch.

I took this one!

This orchid was declared the winning Best in the Show (C. amethystoglossa) and it was certainly pretty and unusual compared to the other beauties.

After nearly a couple of hours we had to leave because there were a whole lot more to accomplish on this Sunday!