Primary Orchid Genera

Paphiopedilum

The Lady Slipper Orchid

Paphiopedilum Memoria ChaCha Sprintz70303 Paphiopedilum Satin StonePaphiopedilum Fair Venus red tag #180202 Neville Anderson

We have four different prices
1. Price Point: typically Maudiae, mottled leaf, varieties
2. Select: interestingly bred novelties
3. Premium: yellow/green complex (bulldogs), some multifloral
4. Premium Plus: red/spot complex (bulldogs) and multifloral

Masdevallia

60908 Masdevallia Copper Angel80402 Fire QueenMasd Tiger Bay ‘Lehua Stripes Galore’ HCC-AOS81206 Sunny Delight

We have four different grades
1. Price Point: includes a lot of fast growing, free flowering, smaller plants
2. Select: larger, free flowering plants
3. Premium: typically tall, upright stems with flowers held well above the leaves
4. Premium Plus: usually something very special or unusual

Angraecoid

90105 Angcm eburneum var. superbum90305 Angcm sesquipedale00210 Aerangis citrata

The selection at this time is limited but we do have more hybrids on the way with the objective of being able to supply various different hybrids year round.

Lycastenae

Lycaste ShimayukiLycaste macrophylla ‘Clearly Green’Lycaste lasioglossa fma flava

Our supply of Lycaste for sale at this time is very, and we mean VERY, limited. The ones we bought in to hold us over until our own crosses reached blooming size are just not growing very quickly.

AwardsCollectors Bench

Paph Fairly Stoned ‘Lehua Speckled Joy’ HCC-AOS award photoPaph Fairly Stoned AQ Group award photoPaph Celtic Cross ‘Lehua Sunset Strip’ HCC-AOSPaphiopedilum Luna Shadow ‘Lehua One  a Half’ HCC-AOS (award photo Barfield)Paph Memoria Jacob Jake Piloto ‘Lehua Stunning’ HCC-AOS award photo BarfieldPaph Ninja ‘Conquest’ HCC-AOS (award photo Otaki)Masd Maui Gold ‘Lehua Queen’s Knight’ CCM-AOS (award photo Nishioka)Paph Robinianum ‘Lehua Not Quite’ HCC-AOS award photo BarfieldPaph Icy Icy Wind ‘Lehua La Bomba’ HCC-AOSMasdevallia Maui Gold ‘
Masdevallia herradurae ‘Maku’u’Masd Joan RaganMasd Copper Angel ‘Yes It Is II’Masd Copper Angel ‘Lava Trails’ AM-AOS (not award photo)Masd Willy’s ‘Lehua Yellow Glow’Masd Galaxy ‘Orange Dust’ HCC-AOS (not award photo)

Lehua Orchids on Orchiata

Lehua Orchids Info & News

A half box size

half-box-size

We have been testing a 15 pack box and have had good feed-back.  So we are making this half size box available to everyone.

There is a handling charge of $1.25 per plant ($18.75 per order of 15 plants).  This increases our Price Point Paphs to $10 per plant, delivered and Select to $13 per plant, delivered.  Still these remain very attractive prices for small quantities.  And remember, the prices we quote are always delivered prices. (more…)

So, you’ve been told you can’t grow Masdevallias!

Masd Southern Sun ‘Lehua Tangerine Grove’ CCM-AOS (award photo)

This is the title of an article we were asked to write for Orchids magazine, the AOS publication.  When or whether it will ever be published we have no idea.  But we get the “I can’t grow Masds” comment all the time.  Here’s our answer to that “No you can’t grow every Masdevallia, but in all probability you can grow some of them.  It is just a question of figuring out which ones”.  Our article is designed to help you do just that, and to tell you how we grow them in our conditions.  Hopefully this will help you enjoy these wonderful, free blooming, colorful orchids.  Click here to be linked to the full article. (more…)

Talks

video-intro

We have recorded a 45 minute DVD.  It is called “The Story of little bellatulum” and focuses on the difficulty of breeding and growing red complex paphs, also known as the bulldog paph.  If you are seeking a program, even on short notice, we are happy to send you a copy of the DVD and can be available to answer questions by telephone after you have viewed the DVD. (more…)

Photographs

photographs

You are welcome to use any of the photographs on the website.  Credit is not necessary; we do not want your customers coming to us!  We only use photographs we have taken of our flowers.  We do not “borrow” photographs.  There will be times when we do not have a photograph on the website, but we are working on it.  If you need one that is not on the website, check with us.  It may simply be an oversight.  Please understand all our plants are seed crosses and seed crosses do show variations in the flowers, sometimes a lot.  When we are using a photo of a flower that received an award, we will add that notation.

Graham at work

Graham at work

“Sunday Afternoon Sex”

Graham as he was featured in “Faces of Hawaii vol. II”
Photo by charlene


  • About Lehua Orchids

    Lehua Orchids is located on the Island of Hawaii (the Big island, also known as the Orchid Isle). We are on the slopes of Mauna Loa, half way between Hilo and Volcano in a community called Mountain View. In this location we enjoy the benefits of our almost daily trade winds, and nightly from the cooling effects of our “mauka” winds (winds coming down from the top of the mountain)

    In this location we are able to specialize in intermediate temperature orchids. Our daily highs in summer are about 85 degrees with a 20 degree drop at night. in winter our highs are around 75 and 60 at night. These conditions allow us to specialize in our favorite orchids, Paphiopedilums, Masdevallias, Angraecums and Lycaste.

    Commercial resellers and dedicated hobbyists are always welcome visitors