Tiki history question: when did Orchids of Hawaii start their cookie-cutter restaurant trade? - General Tiki

T tikicoma Grand Member (9 years) wakinekona Joined: Jan 16, 2010 Posts: 840	T tikicoma Posted posted on Thu, Jan 1, 2015 11:23 PM The lady who came to New York wasn't an Oda but Irene Yamato if I remember right, and the men who opened the shop were Uchida and Yamato. The Oda's had Oda's Hawaiian Exotic Orchids in the Hilo area that changed to Orchids of Hawaii. The Oda family owned this business until it appears they sold it in '89 or '98, I forget which, but it continued to operate under the Orchids of Hawaii name. It looks like the Oda's were growing orchids in the '30's possibly commercially by '41 but WWII put it on hold until it resumed in '46-'47. aloha, tikicoma [ Edited by: tikicoma 2015-01-01 23:36 ]

The lady who came to New York wasn't an Oda but Irene Yamato if I remember right, and the men who opened the shop were Uchida and Yamato. The Oda's had Oda's Hawaiian Exotic Orchids in the Hilo area that changed to Orchids of Hawaii.

The Oda family owned this business until it appears they sold it in '89 or '98, I forget which, but it continued to operate under the Orchids of Hawaii name.
It looks like the Oda's were growing orchids in the '30's possibly commercially by '41 but WWII put it on hold until it resumed in '46-'47.

aloha, tikicoma

[ Edited by: tikicoma 2015-01-01 23:36 ]

Post #734135 by tikicoma on Thu, Jan 1, 2015 11:23 PM