Agreed Eric, but that does not rule out the presence of non-natives,
especially in an environment as conducive to their growth as the "Big
Island" offers.

In other words, answering the original query, it could be (almost) anything!

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"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
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It's my understanding that there are only 4 species of orchids native to
the Hawaiian Islands and all four are not very showy.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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I don't know what could be native to the islands. I have seen write
ups that say all orchids were imported and some that say there were a