2012年2月12日星期日
The Wonderful Tropical Hawaiian Flowers of Hawaii
Hawaii is well loved not only for its pristine beaches, its unique climate, and the hospitality of the people but also with its tropical flowering plants that some of them cannot be found on other parts of the world. Also called the Hawaiian groups of Islands, Hawaii which is America's 50th state have eight major islands and each island have different land elevation , climate and types of soil. These characteristic make every Hawaii tropical flower and plant to vary in species, varieties and growth. Hawaii is most famous for its anthuriums, orchids, birds of paradise, Hibiscuses, shrubs and herbs and each of the major islands is officially embodied by a flower. The yellow Hibiscus is the Big Island's official Hawaiian flower plant because aside from being a an all year flowering plant, it represents the state's Aloha spirit. Most of the plants local to Hawaii are relatively common but they always have a flair of the Hawaiian tropical air. This is because the tropical climate and the islands' rich fertile volcanic soil provide the plants an favorable location to grow and this enhances wider range of fresh Hawaiian flowers to grow favorably on different places. There are the globally famous jewel orchids, the twayblade and the fringed orchids which are used on different Hawaiian Air Swimmers occasions . These three orchid varieties are also known for their orchid group Anoectochilus, Liparis and the Platanthera. They are orchids with sticky leaves, have dull colors and not so pretty to see individually but when paired with some colorful native , their ensemble create a unique display of nature's beauty and romance. Dendrobiums which are also of orchid family are also locally grown with colors ranging from blood-orange such as the Dendrobium unicum to the warm-colored pink Dendrobium aphyllum. When it comes to Hibiscuses, Hawaii also has many varieties including its official yellow Hawaii tropical flower Hibiscus. There are the varieties of yellow, white, pink and red hibiscuses which are sometimes shaded with other colors. In Hawaii, each colored Hibiscus has a native name of its own. The white hibiscus is more popular to the locals as the koki'o, the yellow as ke'oke'o, the pink as ma'o hau hele and the red as the koli'o. But although this state is admired for its attractive hibiscuses, one Hawaiian flower plant that is more popular is the Bird of paradise. Commonly known as crane lily in most countries, its scientific name is Strelitzia reginae. It has a solid yellow-orange or red-orange petals that glistens when hit with sunlight and always make a striking wonderful images in Hawaii's floral world. However, not all of Hawaii's beautiful flowering plants are native to this group of islands. For instance, angry bird some anthuriums, heliconias, orchids and ginger are exotic plants, meaning they have originated from other countries and only proliferated in this state because they love Hawaii's tropical nature. It is said that Air Swimmers some old merchants who fell in love with the purity and natural beauty of Hawaii wanted to make the islands more colorful and alive and so they have brought in some plants to Hawaii which are now part of fresh Hawaiian flower industry.
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