There was an article in the Sacramento Bee about a commercial vanilla farm
on the big island. The guy had never been a farmer prior to starting up his
operation. He has 30,000 square feet of greenhouse and hopes to expand in
the future. It was a pretty interesting article but I can't find it on the
website at sacbee.com so no URL, sorry.

Dave

Ptonyc ) wrote:
: Dear Lerryn,
: I don't know if this reply is even needed anymore but, if you are still
: looking for vanilla orchid plants there is a Nursery on Hawaii Island
: that sell plants and cuttings. I believe that for shipment to the US
: mainland only cuttings will be legal but at any rate contact Pat
: Kadooka at
: He represents Kadooka Nursery. You can also see some vanilla growing
: tips that they advise at:
: http://www.theaos.org/publications/b.../growtips.html


: I hope this helps!

: Best regards,

: Tony Costa
: Hawaii Fresh LLC
: Premium Vanillas



: Robert G. Halgren wrote:
: In article ,
: wrote:
: I have been interested in having a vanilla orchid since
: I was a little girl. Has anyone seen a web page that
: has them, or could get one? I have gone through so many
: web pages I can't even count.
: Thank-you
: Lerryn
: EFG has a bunch hiding in their propagation houses... I don't know
: if they are ready to put them out yet, but they all look to be well
: established cuttings. I'm sure they will part with one. Don't know
: the
: phone number offhand. EFG Orchids, Villa Park, IL
:
: Rob
:
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: Rob's rules to live by: | Send me seeds!
: (1) There is always room for one more orchid. |
: (2) There is no rule 2. | Future starving
: PhD.
: (2a) When one has insufficient credit to buy |
: more orchids, obtain more credit. |