Bamboo Orchid

 

This bamboo orchid is the only native orchid I saw in Hawaii. The only other orchids I saw were Cattelyas and Dendrobiums that had been attached to trees. I also saw bromeleads treated in this manner. There were quite a few of these bamboo orchids blooming on the trail up to the caldera. The sign pointed out that no trees were growing this close to the caldera because the ground was just too hot to allow deep tree roots.There were lots of grasses and other small shrubby things, just no trees.