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Hilo Orchid Society
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On ‘the orchid isle’ the island of Hawaii. aka ’the Big Island’.
In-person meetings, Kamana Senior Center, Hilo, 2nd Sat.
Want to be a member? $20 individual, to P.O. Box 4294, Hilo, Hi. 96720
🌴😎🏄🌈🌺 http://hiloorchidsociety.org
Today’s #orchid:
Paphiopedilum Chiu Hua Dancer 'Craig David',
grown by one of our #HOS members.
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Stanhopea wardii, photographed by HOS Past President Tom Mirenda, at Ecuagenera in Ecuador.
Stanhopea wardii is a species of orchid found from Nicaragua to Venezuela.
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Today’s #orchid:
Coelogyne lawrenciana, grown by an HOS member.
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Pleurothallis titan, grown by one of our HOS members.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Today’s #orchid:
An unusual Cymbidium, growing in a friend’s yard, near Kalapana. I’ve never seen a lip like this on a Cymbidium.
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Paphiopedilum Little Trouble
(charlesworthii alba x barbigerum 'China Doll’)
This is a small, mini Paph.
Photo by one of our members.
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I have one similar to this… it’s name is
Cymbidium Sugar Magnolia
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Blc. Hawaiian Passion.
The rain has really messed with the flowers.
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This one grows on my plumeria tree… similar to yours, but different.
Rth. Love Passion 'Orange Bird'
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Cattleya percivalliana, as seen on the 'show and tell’ table, at our recent November meeting.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Epidendrum nocturum.
First pic is from the silent auction at our November meeting.
Second pic is from the web. What it will look like later, when it opens.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Dendrobium QF Makani
(Dawn Maree x Peng Sang)
I saw this on a recent orchid tour I was a part of, with friends from the Kona Orchid Society, our sister Society.
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Today’s orchid was recently awarded at the Hilo Judging Center.
Rby. [Rhynchobrassoleya] QF Na Ahi O Pele AD/AOS.
Intriguing-looking orchid.
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Today’s #orchid is
Ludisia discolor 'Black Beauty’,
grown by one of our HOS members.
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Aloha and good morning… it’s been a busy few days.
Today’s #orchid is:
Lycaste Dark Lip.
Photo taken in Ecuador by one of our Past Presidents, Tom Mirenda. He was recently down there at an orchid conference.
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Aerides odorata, grown by one of our HOS members.
October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Miltoniopsis Bert Field 'Ono' AM/AOS’
Grown by a member.
October 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
That reminds me...
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Cattleya Bright Circle is an orchid hybrid originated by H&R Nursery on O’ahu, in 2005. It is a cross of
(Bright Angel x Circle of Life)

It is often labeled Slc. Grown by one of our members.
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today’s #orchid:
A type of Cattleya I’m not familiar with.
Grown by a member who doesn’t remember what it is, either.
Does anyone know the name of this one? Mahalo.
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Bulbophyllum longiflorum var. eberhardtii,
grown by one of our HOS members.
October 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Gomesa Jiaho Queen 'Jia Ho' FCC/AOS,
grown by one of our HOS members.
October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Anne ‘Buckleberry’.
I got this nice-sized plant in bud last weekend. Lots more buds on it, too.
October 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Today’s #orchid:
Rlc. Mori Akatsuka, grown by Akatsuka Orchid Gardens, in Volcano.
October 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Today’s #orchid:
"Cattleya jenmanii semi-alba sibling;
from Ben Oliveros of Eros Orchids."
Comment and photo by Art Chadwick of Chadwick & Son Orchids.
Art was recently a visitor speaker at our Hilo Orchid Society last month.
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM