Awapuhi ko oko'o - Torch Ginger - Etlingera elatior - Hawaii
by Sharon Mau
Title
Awapuhi ko oko'o - Torch Ginger - Etlingera elatior - Hawaii
Artist
Sharon Mau
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Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
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Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live. I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with shiuli flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.
I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white bulging sails. I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars. The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading is their baskets full of dreams - Rabindranath Tagore
Etlingera elatior (also known as Torch Ginger, Ginger Flower, Red Ginger Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger, Combrang, Bunga Kantan, Philippine Wax Flower, Xiang Bao Jiaing, Indonesian Tall Ginger, Boca de Drag�n, Rose de Porcelaine, Porcelain Rose)
is a species of herbaceous perennial plant
Botanical synonyms include Nicolaia elatior, Phaeomeria magnifica, Nicolaia speciosa, Phaeomeria speciosa, Alpinia elatior, Alpinia magnifica.
The showy pink/red flowers are used in decorative arrangements while the flower buds are an important ingredient in the Nonya dish laksa.
In North Sumatra, the flower buds are used for a dish called arsik ikan mas (Andaliman/Szechuan pepper Spiced Carp)
It is known in Indonesian as bunga kecombrang or honje, Malay as bunga kantan and Thai as ดาหลา daalaa. In Thailand it is eaten in a kind of Thai salad preparation. In Karo, it is known as asam cekala (asam meaning 'sour'), and the flower buds, but more importantly the ripe seed pods, which are packed with small black seeds, are an essential ingredient of the Karo version of sayur asam,
and are particularly suited to cooking fresh fish. Information Source: Wikipedia
Here on Maui and throughout the Hawaiian Islands they are known as Awapuhi ko oko'o . . .
The Garden of Light
Awapuhi ko oko'o - Torch Ginger - Etlingera elatior
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December 3rd, 2013
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