04-20-2014, 06:13 PM
use your pinky finger to 'hand' pollinate the orchid, or better yet get a 5 yr old to use his...
if you want a demo/info, take a tour at the Hawaiian Vanilla Co. up near Kolopa State Park in Hamakua. That family (that relocated here from Oahu with no experience) is the only one doing it commercially here (or in entire US)...
Not Easy to grow, thus its the 2nd most expensive spice in World (behind saffron)
my moms in HPP has bloomed in the past, but we just enjoy the flowers... knowing how difficult it is to get a seed pod (bean)
good luck
http://www.hawaiianvanilla.com/
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
if you want a demo/info, take a tour at the Hawaiian Vanilla Co. up near Kolopa State Park in Hamakua. That family (that relocated here from Oahu with no experience) is the only one doing it commercially here (or in entire US)...
Not Easy to grow, thus its the 2nd most expensive spice in World (behind saffron)
my moms in HPP has bloomed in the past, but we just enjoy the flowers... knowing how difficult it is to get a seed pod (bean)
good luck
http://www.hawaiianvanilla.com/
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha