Pua Aloalo - Koki'o ke'oke'o - Hibiscus arnottianus - Hawaiian White Hibiscus #1
by Sharon Mau
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Pua Aloalo - Koki'o ke'oke'o - Hibiscus arnottianus - Hawaiian White Hibiscus #1
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Sharon Mau
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Photograph - Photography - Macro
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That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds - from the Notebooks of Paul Brunton
Alternative Botanical Names
Hibiscus immaculatus
Hibiscus punaluuensis
Common Names
Koki'o ke'oke'o
Hau hele
Hawaiian White Hibiscus
Koki'o kea
Pamakani
Family - Malvaceae
The single white flowers are pinwheel shaped, up to 4 inches across, and borne at the ends of the branches. The staminal column is pink to red (except in subspecies immaculatus which has a white column). The flowers may be slightly pink or may age to pale pink, and are slightly fragrant. In cultivation, Hibiscus arnottianus blooms almost continuously. Three subspecies are recognized. Subspecies arnottianus from O'ahu has smooth leaves 1 1/2 to 4 inches long. Subspecies immaculatus is native to Moloka'i and has a white staminal column and leaves with rounded teeth. Subspecies punaluuensis is also native to O'ahu. It is robust with leaves 4 to 10 inches long. Hibiscus arnottianus is a Hawaiian endemic plant with one endangered subspecies. It is native to the moist to wet forests of the mountains of Moloka'i and O'ahu. Subspecies arnottianus grows at elevations of 390 to 2500 feet in the Wai'anae and eastern Ko'olau mountains of O'ahu. Subspecies immaculatus is extremely rare and grows in a few valleys on Moloka'i. Subspecies punaluuensis grows in the Ko'olau Mountains at elevations of 650 to 2200 feet. - Information Source: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/hib-arno.htm
Hibiscus arnottianus A. Gray ' kokiʻo keʻokeʻo (kokiʻo that is white like the shine of silver) is an endemic species of hibiscus with white flowers.
Three subspecies are recognized: H. arnottianus arnottianus found in the Waiʻanae Range of western Oʻahu; H. a. immaculatus which is very rare (listed as endangered) on Molokaʻi; and H. a. punaluuensis from the Koʻolau Range on Oʻahu.
Perhaps only a dozen plants of H. a. immaculatus exist in nature in mesic and wet forests.
This species is closely related to H. waimeae, and the two are among the very few members of the genus with fragrant flowers. It is sometimes planted as an ornamental or crossed with H. rosa-sinensis.
In the Hawaiian language, the white hibiscus is known as the pua aloalo.
information source: Wikipedia
The name Aloalo is used for "hibiscus" in general. The ancient Hawaiians, though, could see differences and gave them different names.
Alternative Botanical Names
Hibiscus punaluuensis
Common Names
Koki'o ke'oke'o
Hau hele
Hawaiian White Hibiscus
Koki'o kea
O'ahu White Hibiscus
Pamakani
Family
Malvaceae
Hawaiian Names with Diacritics
Aloalo
Hau hele
Kokiʻo kea
Kokiʻo keʻokeʻo
Pāmakani
Endangered Species Status - Federally Listed
This beauty was photographed in Kepaniwai on Maui
Pua Aloalo - Koki'o ke'oke'o - Hibiscus arnottianus - Hawaiian White Hibiscus
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