http://hawaiian-flowers.myceloteh.com Get to Know the Hawaiian Tropical Flowers Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:09:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Malay apple is much admired for the beauty of  its flowers and its colorful, glistening fruits, without parallel in the family Myrtaceae. Botanically recognized as Syzygium malaccense, this species has earned a few alternate common names including Malay rose-apple, mountain apple and water apple. It is the pseudofruit or swollen ... http://hawaiian-flowers.myceloteh.com/the-malay-apple-with-seven-hawaiian-names/   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Ohia of Big Island"][/caption] The native Hawaiian ‘ōhi‘a which scientifically named Metrosideros polymorpha is the most abundant tree in the Hawaiian Islands. The name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, in reference to the hard wood of the genus. ... http://hawaiian-flowers.myceloteh.com/the-hawaiian-flower-of-goddess-pele/   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Beach Morning Glory"][/caption]   Scientifically registered as Ipomoea pes-caprae brasiliensis subspecies, this beach morning glory is an indigenous flower of Hawaii. The Hawaiian flower by its local name pohuehue, is a vigorously hard vine found along sand beaches above the high-water mark. The stems can grow from a thickened ... http://hawaiian-flowers.myceloteh.com/a-morning-greeting-from-hawaiian-beach/   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="White Frangipani"][/caption]   As elegant as its scientific name, Plumeria Alba (honouring Charles Plumier a botanist) or popularly known as white frangipani, has corolla white petals with yellow centers and slightly scented. It is a small low-branching shrubby tree that can grows up to 4 meters. It is also rubbery with ... http://hawaiian-flowers.myceloteh.com/white-frangipani-for-hawaiian-leis/   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Hawaiian State Flower"][/caption] It is scientifically known as Hibiscus brackenridgei (Asa Gray) and locally named ma‘o hau hele or pua aloalo. The yellow hibiscus is a tall shrub that grows up to 10 feet with bright yellow petals and maplelike leaves, which closely related to the widespread woodland sunflower. Two subspeciesof this Hawaiian ... http://hawaiian-flowers.myceloteh.com/yellow-hibiscus-is-the-hawaiian-state-flower/