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Roy Tokunaga earned a Bachelor
degree in Education from the University of Hawaii in 1973, with
a major in high school biology. He never used that teaching
certificate as he was immediately recruited by Ernest Iwanaga
to set up an orchid lab, where he spent the next seven years
primarily honing his skills at cloning and germinating orchids.
At about the same the time, Harry Akagi was growing bromeliads,
and in 1981, together Harry and Roy established an orchid lab
in Waimanalo, giving birth to H&R Nurseries. Today, Roy is
credited with 27 years of experience in hybridization with
several thousand hybrids delivered. Most of his work has been
in the Dendrobium and Cattleya alliances. He is a long time
member of the Honolulu Orchid Society and an accredited
American Orchid Society judge since 1990. Roy confesses to
having one vice, the game of golf. Nora and Roy Tokunaga have
two children, Lori and Kevin.
- Kathy Barrett
May Raffle Table
Roy will be providing the raffle
table plants AND HE WILL TAKE PRE-ORDERS. His plants are
extremely luscious so you’ll want in on this opportunity! Get
a current catalog (like you don’t have one already) at
H&R Nurseries, Phone: 808-259-9626; Fax: 808-259-5422. Make
sure you tell them which society you are with so he’ll bring
your order to the right meeting!!
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