Sunday, August 12: 
Annual Kona Diaifukuji Orchid Club Show & Sale.  The free event offers attendees a complimentary orchid boutonniere corsage – while they last. This year’s theme, “Conservation of Orchids Through Creativity”, illustrates how to display orchids using recycled materials and there will be an unusual origami display of endangered North American orchids called “OrchidGami” by founding club member and historian Carol Zakahi. There will be a guided tour through the on-site Orchid Grotto, demonstrating how to beautify a problematic space. Enjoy an elaborate and colorful display of live blooming cattleya, cymbidium, dendrobium, phalaenopsis, miltonia, vanda orchids and more. Cameras are welcome. Veteran members staff a Question and Answer Booth where attendees can get expert advice on caring for orchids at different Kona elevations, Waimea and South Point. There will be an outdoor sale of high quality orchid species and hybrids grown by club members and select Big Island commercial growers. Club members will sell home-baked goods and drinks, and membership info will be available. The Kona Daifukuji Orchid Club is West Hawai`i’s oldest orchidaceae organization with a mission to learn and foster orchid culture and promote fellowship among orchid collectors. Daifukuji Soto Mission Hall (Hwy. 11 at mile marker 114, just north of Kainaliu). For information visit http://daifukuji.org/.