09-13-2009, 07:31 PM
I think you have a lot of choices. There are lots of orchid growers, and then there are three pages of florists in the yellow pages, most of whom ship to the mainland. I like the ad for Alohilani Nursery on Railroad Ave. (Pahoa address), but it doesn't say they ship. Akatsuka ships for sure, and Volcano store. I used to have friends with a Kapoho orchid nursery but they shipped quantities for weddings (cut), not single plants.
For one plant, maybe a grower with a retail outlet like Akatsuka, or call a few of the florists and check their prices.
Re orchids, I have bought many many of them, and the prices vary a lot by the species or variety. There are common orchids and special ones. There are also orchids that last longer and ship better than others. Dendrobiums are tough, and not expensive.
However, my best luck with keeping an orchid going on the mainland was definitely a phalenopsis. One spray will bloom for months, much longer than a dendrobium or an oncidium.
For one plant, maybe a grower with a retail outlet like Akatsuka, or call a few of the florists and check their prices.
Re orchids, I have bought many many of them, and the prices vary a lot by the species or variety. There are common orchids and special ones. There are also orchids that last longer and ship better than others. Dendrobiums are tough, and not expensive.
However, my best luck with keeping an orchid going on the mainland was definitely a phalenopsis. One spray will bloom for months, much longer than a dendrobium or an oncidium.