Unknown from National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kauai

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    Just going through some images of a trip to Hawaii in April of 2017. We were in the McBryde Garden (National Tropical Botanical Garden) in Kauai. I have no idea what this is. Can anyone help me out?
     

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    Aren't Foster (Honolulu) and National Tropical (Kauai) two different facilities? Or maybe they merged? Anyway I think this is probably an orchid. Particularly the way the leaves look.
     
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    Oops. McBryde Garden. Thanks, Ron. Corrected.
    Yes, I wondered if it was an orchid, but the base where it attaches to the tree looked unfamiliar.
     
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    Wow! Thanks, Wendy. That was fast. And thanks for the link to the NTBG Living Collections Catalogue, as well. Very useful! I could certainly believe that it is a Grammatophyllum speciosum. There's a crazy-looking specimen on the Singapore National Parks Flora and Fauna page here.
     
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    I'll add my Wahiawa photos. I don't know the woman who posed next to it, but she was very excited about it and was happy to be in my photo.
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