that had bus upon bus stopped outside. While normally a bevy of buses would be a sign to us to avoid the tourist trap at all costs, in this case, we figured we had nothing better to do then to wander around seeing things, so in we went, and it was well worth the price of admission (free).Inside the warehouse that Akatsuka Orchids uses to house their flowering and ready to sell orchids were row upon row of some of the most delicate flowers I'd ever seen. Beyond where we were allowed to go were further rows of greenhouses, each the size of the warehouse we were already in, and all packed with their carefully cross-bred plants.
Akatsuka is one of the premier breeders of orchids, having in their collection the near-perfect Volcano Queen. This plant, which flowers for a total of 2 months out of the year, is still the highest rated orchid to be bred in Hawaii, and is the basis for a number of their amazing spindly blooms. No matter how much I type about these flowers though, the pictures will do a better job.
For sale there, beyond the incredible selection of every family of orchid imaginable were various different indigenous plants, from the Ti tree to plumeria. Most interesting to me atleast (while Karissa was wandering about adding almost a gigabyte of stock photography to her collection) were a collection of air-plants. These are various plants that, due to the high humidity found in parts of Hawaii, are capable of living with their roots entirely exposed to air, as if to demonstrate this, the entire collection was suspended at eye level, the roots dangling inches from the floor. Kinda reminds you about the climate that we've been living in.
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