Oh you're going to absolutely LOVE it! Where are you staying btw?
Find Lanakai beach...trust me, you'll thanks me .
Hanauma Bay is way cool for the most amazing snorkeling (I prefer scuba, but
Oahu 'ain't' no Belize .
Polynesian culture center is great if you have an entire day to spend there.
Senator's Fong's is great but on a very slowish side...
The North shore speaks for itself, we hung out there a lot, but my husband
and I surf and we wanted to take a good wave....the North shore is where you
find them, but we just chickened out...(though my husband says that the
waves weren't high enough for him g).

Here are some of the nurseries where I left a good lump of green stuff for
some orchids that I later on gave away:

H&R NURSERIES INC
41-240 Hihimanu Street Waimanalo, HI 96795
808-259-9626

Kawamoto Orchid Nursery
2630 Waiomao Road
Honolulu, HI 96816

Phone: (808) 732-5808
(Lots of Vandas, and intergeneric stuff. Okay prices, good quality)


WILK ORCHID SPECIALTIES
P. O. BOX 1177
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Phone: (808) 247-6733
Call Chet Wilk, he'll gladly welcome you and walk you through his house
where he grows all his orchids! I met Chet, his wife and daughter and
grandson during our trip to Oahu in March of last year. He has some pretty
amazing bulbo collection and the prices are very inexpensive. He packs
great, and stamps it for customes. Tell him Mariana sent you, the one that
came to visit from NY with the two kids (boys). Very nice people. The trip
up to Wilk is absoutely breathtaking! And if the timing is right, you'll
see the most spectacular water falls from behind Chet's house .

When I returned, I posted an entire write up about my trip, I'm sure that if
you search the archives by keywords, you'll find the post, should be
sometimes around April, May 2003.


Mariana
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bungalow for seven nights, and eight days
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"Pesimismo" wrote in message
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My wife (who is an avid orchid fan) and I plan to visit Honolulu in
August.
Are there any nurseries, botanical gardens around Oahu where she might
find interesting orchids?