This is where he transforms the $6 plants he imports from Thailand into $50 orchids for next season’s greenmarkets, using precise amounts of water and fertilizer from an overhead system he designed.

Hawaiian farmer lost nearly everything after the 1977 eruption of Kilauea. By 1982, he grew his business again by selling Vanda orchids.

Nellie Bryan displays her Vanda orchid. (Photo ... the last two decades has tirelessly worked at turning it into a mini-oasis where she can bask in a selection of over 50 plants and nine ...

Hawaiian farmer lost nearly everything after the 1977 eruption of Kilauea. By 1982, he grew his business again by selling Vanda orchids.