Seems to me I read somewhere that there were some self established colonies of D. antennatum somewhere in Hawaii, so you have a good chance of success maybe.

Oh mt god!! this is amazing!! i didn't know you could do that.
is that log with the orchids in a terrarium or greenhouse? or outside?

That would not surprise me.
Somewhere I've read that Hawai'i has a climate very favorable for Spatulata section/antelope type Dendrobiums.
Knowing that has spurred me on to get this one established on my trees.
Plus, I'd always wanted a Spatulata type Dendrobium while living in Alaska, but didn't think I could give it the conditions needed for it to do well.
Now, I can just throw them outside and forget 'em.
That's a win-win situation.

Nice weeds to get going.

How are you liking living in hawaii? As an orchid lover your collection must be amazing. i can just imagine all the possibilities.

M'Lady and I love it here.
I had spent 30+ years in Alaska.
I loved living there too.
I won't lie, I miss many things about AK.
But, The things I like about being here more than make up for the things I miss about AK.
I'm now in my 70s.
M'Lady's just a cute young thing.
She won't reach her 70s for another couple years yet.
Winters are 6 to 7 months long up there.
We weren't playing outdoors like we did in our 40s, 50s and 60s, partly because of our age, partly due to other conditions.

I find it hard to feel like I'm building an orchid collection.
Most of the ones I bring home are hybrids, I just set them loose in the yard.
If they make it, great.
If not, maybe the next one will.

With that said, I am beginning a small collection of species orchids.
Finding good interesting species orchids is hard to do around here.
The hybrid orchid industry is flourishing everywhere around here.
Hybrids are available everywhere cheaply.
Occasionally, I do run across a species orchid I'm interested in.
Like today, I went to the farmer's market to get some papayas, avocados and bananas for next week.
I always check the vendors for orchids while I'm at it.
Today I found a nice Den. aggregatum [lindleyi] in bloom for $10.
I already had one, but it isn't doing anything yet.
It isn't dead, but still seems to be dormant.
So, I got this one to satisfy my need for instant gratification and maybe the other one will realize that it had better get its act together.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps7u3z2i45.jpg

I'll probably end up mounting them together on the same mount.

Love your photos, and the Den in the beginning of the thread is awesome. Must be a nice camera!

Fascinating post! Living in the Midwest, it blows my mind that you can broadcast orchids seeds in your own yard and have them survive - I am green with envy! Really, pea-green, perhaps chartreuse even....LOL. How cool. Of course I knew they did this in the wild, and you live in their natural environs, but I hadn't thought you could naturalize them is such a manner.
Which brings me to my question. I know about the symbiotic need for the fungus to supply the nutrients to the seeds for success. Could you take a live root from a mature plant and pulverize it, smearing the resultant gunk on a tree - wouldn't you be "seeding" that area with the needed fungus starter? Or would the rotting material of the root set up a harmful fungus/bacteria?
Just a thought......

Wow, what a great place to live where they can grow wild like that. :cloud9: