Lyon Arboretum goes bananas with 2009 biodiversity exhibit UH Mānoa‟s Lyon Arboretum announces a new exhibit, “No End To The Banana,” highlighting biodiversity and the importance of preserving cultural plants. The exhibit will run from June 5 through
Read more…Aloha kakou! I am happy to announce that a project over twenty years in the making has come to fruition with the publication of an annotated list of Hawaiian names of plants, originally drafted by the famous botanist Joseph Rock in 1920, but never pu
Read more…Anybody know the Hawaiian name for Hawaiian seagrass Halophila hawaiiana? It is also listed as Halophila ovalis ssp. hawaiiana (Doty & B.C. Stone) den Hartog. Given how widespread it is in places such as Maunalua Bay, you would think it has an inoa H
Read more…of any native species, though menziesii would be nice... I can't seem to find it, but I understand that people do sometimes sell it.. anyone know where? Ive wanted to try growing them for a while. Oh by the way, I stay Hilo and O`ahu. Mahalo!!
Read more…Ua kākau ʻia keia wahi atikala naʻu e hōʻike maʻaneʻi: Ethnobotany: Plants in the Hawaiian Cultural Environment by Sam ‘Ohukani‘ōhi‘a Gon III Ethnobotany is an anthropological discipline that studies the relationship between people and plants in th
Read more…Ua ʻike anei ʻoe? ʻO Cressa truxillensis ka inoa akeakamai haole. He mea ulu maoli, e ulu nei i ke one o Molokaʻi, Kahoʻolawe a me Oʻahu. Ulu kekahi i nā moku one o Papahānaumokuākea. ʻO Keanakeiki, ma Kahoʻolawe kahi poʻokela ke nānā i kēia mea ulu
Read more…I planted two ohia plants in pots about a year ago. I'm wondering when do they start flowering? The picture is the same plant a year ago and as it is today.
Read more…...Kēia mea kūpaianaha? Shouldnʻt be too hard, actually!
Where to buy native plants~ http://hawaii.gov/health/oeqc/garden/eioegsrc.htm I've only bought plants at Home Depot Iwilei and Koolau Farmers in Kaneohe. The HomeDepot hawaiian plants in Pearl City look kind of sad. :( Koolau Farmers has a few nativ
Read more…When somebody mentions "Hawaiian plant" what do you think about first? 1. native plants, like 'ohi'a, koa, kopiko, pilo, maile, etc? 2. canoe plants, like kalo, ulu, uala, ki, wauke, ipu, etc.? 3. ornamental plants like bird of paradise, plumeria, g
Read more…Native plants of the uplands that you can eat (or drink). Actually there are relatively few of these. Many many for laʻau lapaʻau, of course, but for actual sustenance, there are relatively few. Iʻm not talking about the canoe plants or other polyne
Read more…Are weeds really weeds? An interesting report done by a student focused on the "invasive" species of Hawaii. It was informative and direct. But it was very limited. Though I have thought of this before, it was Laulani's perspective on the "invasive s
Read more…So a group of us kanaka are contemplating attempting to grow kalo up here in the Bay Area, and it's hard to know where to start with varieties of kalo. I'm just imagining that the kalo need to be planted dry, perhaps even put into pots during the col
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