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Friday 10 April 2026

An epiphytic orchid with striking fragrant blooms, Dendrobium nobile 'Cooksonianum' (rock orchid) is adaptable to different growing conditions. It thrives in higher humidity and needs well lit conditions from autumn to early spring and kept drier in winter.

Jill Raggett

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Day 15 of Avian August 2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves: ʻAkikiki or the Kauaʻi Creeper (Oreomystis bairdi)

The ʻAkikiki is a tiny Hawaiian honeycreeper, that sadly is thought to be extinct in the wild as of 2024. Today, around 40 ʻakikiki are part of a captive breeding program managed by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and operating out of the Maui Bird Conservation Center and Keauhou Bird Conservation Center. Once a more viable population is established, reintroduction could be possible.

*Plant featured is the rare and endangered native Hawaiian epiphytic fern species, the Pendant Kihi Fern (Adenophorus periens)

Epidendrum summerhayesii is an epiphytic orchid native to central America where it resides in cool montane forests. Among Epidendrum orchids I've seen they have unusual waxy flowers which are apparently weakly foul-scented flowers. This one only bloomed once for me as the climate I'm southern California is certainly too hot for temperate orchids even in a genus known for its durable members.