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Mililani couple finds joy in sharing and cultivating orchids

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Calvin and Sherry Abe’s garden in Mililani is crammed with orchids, tillandsia and anthuriums.

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A ceramic figurine is topped with tillandsia in the Abes’ garden.

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Retired teachers Calvin and Sherry Abe pose in their Mililani home garden with a dendrobium named after Sherry: the Den Sherry Abe.

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A dendrobium Hibiki, top, is flush with color in the Abes’ garden.

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A detail of a water lily and a Christmas ornament.