An informal survey at the airport shows that dendrobium orchids from Thailand are becoming the favorite of many lei-greeting services. There are several reasons for the trend, a key one being that ...

After countless years at her craft, Nellie Lua’s fingers have found a rhythm. The 68-year-old jabs a needle through the bottom of each carnation blossom and tugs the frilly flower along the thread.

In Southern California, the most popular leis are made from dendrobium orchids, in either purple or white. Commonly given when someone is arriving and leaving, a lei is perfect to give to high ...

Kanaauao Huggins: I think most people will think of that beautiful purple dendrobium orchid leis as Hawaiian, but those are made and usually come from Thailand. Right now, there is a fungus that ...

so I asked Elisa Mom to grow them for me to sell so we could offer a real Hawaiian lei,” Seelis said. “She uses dendrobium orchids to make them.” ...

Today an estimated 90 percent of flowers for leis such as dendrobium orchids are imported from countries like Thailand. What’s more, given that hundreds of blooms are sometimes required for a ...

The graduation lei on the mainland are typically made of purple Dendrobium orchids shipped here in plastic boxes. Making your own lei is easy and inexpensive and reduces your carbon footprint. Plus, ...