Wahiawa Botanical Garden Pt 1 (05/09/09)

Aloha,
Met our friend Deb at Wahiawa Botanical Garden, 1396 California Ave, in Wahiawa. It's a 27-acre garden full of beautiful flowers and is very lush. We spent 3 hours walking around and exploring the various canyons and trails.
DaBoyZ

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DaBoyZ05 > The jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) is a native of the tropical forests of the Philippines.

DaBoyZ05 > Its flowers are the color of jade, and hang in bunches up to 90 cm long; each clawlike flower is about 7½ cm long.

DaBoyZ05 > The Wahiawa Botanical Garden, 27 acres is a botanical garden on a high plateau in central Oahu, Hawaii, USA.

DaBoyZ05 > It is one of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, and home to a collection of tropical flora requiring a relatively cool environment, with emphasis on native Hawaiian plants. (from Wikipedia)

DaBoyZ05 > Brownea is a genus of about 30 species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

DaBoyZ05 > The genus is native to tropical regions of the Americas.

DaBoyZ05 > The species are shrubs and trees growing to 20 m tall.

DaBoyZ05 > Brownea macrophylla Linden ex Mast.

DaBoyZ05 > The Garden's site began in the 1920s, the Hawaii Sugar Planters Association leased land from the State of Hawaii for experimental tree planting.

The jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) is a native of the tropical forests of the Philippines.

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