Hawaii Flowers Offer Radiant Colors For Many Occasions.
Hawaii Flowers Offer Radiant Colors For Many Occasions.
Nothing says aloha like a welcoming lei made of fresh Hawaii flowers, and the colors and styles can be intriguing as well as beautiful. Many leis are made colorful by using orchids or intermingling orchids with foliage, such as the maile vine to create positively memorable leis for a variety of occasions. Most visitors remember leis that were presented as a greeting upon arrival at one of the Hawaiian island major airports, as they are bestowed up visitors as they deplane.
During the annual celebration for King Kamehamea, the island group's first monarch in 1810 uses floats decorated in native Hawaii flowers to mark the empire that brought all of the islands under one rule. Many commercial companies will provide a float for their employees to show their gratitude to the former monarch and work to bring peace and cooperation to the islands' dwellers as well as with other countries.
There are many different types of colorful flowers native to the island including heliconia and ginger. Costus offer additional colors in the floral rainbow of Hawaii flowers and the calathea species contains many subdued colorings. There is also a wide variety of foliage that call Hawaii home and some of the miscellaneous species of Hawaii flowers include the bird of paradise and beautiful varieties of venusta Siam and Stromanthes.
Colors And Shapes Unique To Island's Flora
Heliconia species are often seen as slender stems with slender blossoms, many taking on a variety of red hues, along with a mixture of other brilliant colors in these Hawaii flowers. The blossoms are typically helix in growth, hence the name heliconia. The foliage for this species ranges from individual spike-like greenery to a fern leaf to a broader type of greenery.
The ginger species typically present a more bulbous bloom, although some, like the shell ginger, may appear as if the bulb has been sliced into thinner leaves. Coloring for these Hawaii flowers will also vary but red is one of the predominant hues. The costus species also offers rounded head blossoms, but are usually smaller than the containing greenery with the plant.
The calathea is more like spiked plants with long slender blossom is earth tones and some, especially the calathea shakers bears a resemblance to typical wheat spikes. The venusta species of Hawaii flowers are more rounded with two or more colors and can be spotted by their similarity to button roses, only larger.