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Enchanting Floral Gardens — of Kula, Maui. The Enchanted Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui is a botanical garden located in Kula, on the island of Maui, Hawaii. The 8 acres (3.2 ha) garden is in the mountains, at 2,500 feet (760 m) above sea level. The gardens contain over 2000 species of subtropical and tropical plants from around the
Island Distillers in Honolulu makes 100-US-proof (50% Alcohol by volume) Hawaiian ʻŌkolehao, a re-creation of the original ʻōkolehao. [6] There have been several past and recent productions of an okolehao type liqueur which is made by blending extracts of ti plant root, or ground up and emulsified ti root, with sugar syrup, rum, neutral spirits, bourbon, and other artificial and natural ...
At the end of its life, the plant grows a tall flowering stalk and blooms. The stalk can be up to 2.74 meters (9 feet) in height. It is in the sunflower family, so the plant's stalk is made up of as many as 300 individual flowers, and each flower has 300 flower heads, for an average maximum of 90,000 offspring. [7]
Closeup of kou flower. Blooming occurs throughout the year, but most kou flowers are produced in the spring. [ 11 ] Each kou flower is funnel- or tube-shaped 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) long and 0.4–0.8 cm (0.16–0.31 in) in diameter, made of orange petals and pale green sepals that form cymes or panicles .
The flowering stalk may have up to 600 heads of up to 40 outlying ray flowers and 600 disk flowers and is pollinated by flying insects like Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) volcanicus. The flower stalk can reach up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height and has numerous tiny sticky hairs to prevent crawling insects from damaging the plant.
The Hawaiian lobelioids are a group of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, subfamily Lobelioideae, all of which are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. This is the largest plant radiation in the Hawaiian Islands, and indeed the largest on any island archipelago, with over 125 species.
Hesperomannia arbuscula, the Maui island-aster [2] or Maui hesperomannia, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi; plants from Oʻahu are now classified as Hesperomannia oahuensis. [1] It is found in mixed mesic and wet forests at elevations of 350–900 m (1,150–2,950 ft ...
In the 1930s, a sea breeze had gin, apricot brandy, grenadine, and lemon juice. [6] Later, a Sea Breeze recipe would contain vodka, dry vermouth, Galliano, and blue Curaçao. [6] In the 1930s, a cranberry growers' cooperative evolved into Ocean Spray, which promoted cranberry juice as a mixer with alcohol, first with gin and later with vodka. [4]