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A Sunny Sunday on the Big Island - Flowers and Plants, January 22, 2012

Just a short drive to Akaka Falls State Park, and a walk through the private Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden,
"A Garden in a Valley on the Ocean."



Akaka Falls - Bamboo

Overgrown valley

Torch ginger

Sanchezia nobilis (an invasive plant)

Sanchezia nobilis (an invasive plant)

Banyan tree

Clump of bamboo

Detail of bamboo and moss

Spider web

Tropical Rhododendrun

Tropical Rhododendrun

Green leaves...

Banyan tree by path

Ulehe fiddlehead

Tropical Rhododendrun

Monstera

Old sign (Paimpsest)

Akaka Falls

Akaka Falls

Akaka Falls

Tree fern

Bananas

Banana blossom

Fern tree fiddlehead

Some type of ginger...

Tropical plant...

View of Mauna Kea - Trees and Grasses

Store fronts, Honomu

Honomu Theater

Box Office

Layers of history

Bright storefronts

Entry to Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden

Roots!

Determination

Hanging heliconia

Tropical Rhododendrun

Pink Quill (Tillandsia cyanea)

Cat's Whiskers

Heliconia colgantea

Rose grape (Medinilla magnifica)

Mysterious flower

Mysterious flower

Jackfruit

Red ginger

Onomea Waterfalls

Onomea Waterfalls

Heliconia Longissima (aka Red Wings)

Heliconia

New Leaf

Yellow Heliconia

Indonesian ginger

Indonesian ginger

Unidentified flower

Hanging Flowers

White Calathea

White Calathea

Fuzzy heliconia

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Orchid

Lick

Gecko

Shadows

Tree fern

Spathiphyllum

Cardinal's Guard

Anthurium

Anthurium

Anthurium

Anthurium

Anthurium

Misshapen Anthurium

Anthurium

Beehive ginger

Heliconia

Bananas

Spider Lily

Spider Lily

Onomea Bay

Twin Rocks

Onomea Bay

Onomea Bay

New leaf

Walking Iris

Walking Irises

Whaleback palm grass

Spiderwebs

Rain forest

Tree fern fiddlehead

Ruffles

Unfriendly tree trunk

New Leaf

Parrot

Parrot

Heliconia

Hanging Heliconia

Roots

Onomea Bay

Waiting for lunch...

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