Dee's trip to Hilo, HI

[deeloc]

So my trip is winding down...leaving Friday morning and returning to reality.

I went to the nursery and bought my aunty a Nepenthes...didn't have any name though.
Hopefully it'll grow without too much thought, lol, my aunty is not to good with plants. Today I went to the farmer's market and strolled through looking for gifts, etc. and lo and behold there was someone in the produce side selling Neps and Sarrs...I didn't have my camera on me either, but one of the plants had a flower spike and they were cheap...I think the cheapest one was $10. Oh and these had the names on them.

All the pics are from my aunty's house, she has a jungle of ohia trees around her. Sphagnum growing all kinds of places...I was trippin out! She is the original owner of the house and I've seen the ohia forest sprout up over the years.

Here's the pics........

Yellow Ohia blossom

Common Red Ohia blossom

Tree fern with orchids growing on it

another variety of tree fern

Orchid tree...it just rained

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Can you spot the Nep in the last pic?

 

[lizasaur]

Very beautiful!!!! Looks like you're having a great time!
And yup, I saw it right away

 

[deeloc]

Thanks Liz...

Anyone have a clue as to what the Nepenthes is?

 

[mass]

So lucky.. you saw some good stuff. Did you see any plumaria or hibiscus out there?

 

[jimscott]

Perty flowers!

 

[deeloc]

So lucky.. you saw some good stuff. Did you see any plumaria or hibiscus out there?

My aunty has a few hibiscus, couple of em are in the jungle...
Not so much plumeria, I see a few trees here and there in yards but its wet in Hilo. There's a lot of flowering ginger and anthuriums.

 

[mass]

One of my close friends from high school lives in Hilo now. I was supposed to go out and kick it with him for a few months a couple years ago, but the day before my flight left he fell off the face of the Earth. Last year I got a short email saying,"Sorry man, the wife just wasn't thrilled with the idea." And that's all it said.. So close, yet so far.

 

[Adam]

Possibly N. Konak? I doubt it though.
Do you remeber the name of any of the Neps?

 

[deeloc]

@ Mass...dam that sucks. Hilo is definately a different Hawaii. Lot of coqui frogs, rain, and nothing open late. lol. Puna is the place where the Wowwie is grown...

@ awgaupp...no sorry I was trying to not look as then I would've been even more tempeted to buy. lol. They were really nice plants though.