Hawaiian Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii 
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 Park at the museum and gift shop, pay for entry, and walk across the street to the entrance. (image from HTBG website) |
 Entering the garden begins the adventure. (image from HTBG website) |
 The path begins on this
wonderful walk. All the paths are this well maintained and
easy to walk. |
 As the paths continue the view is constantly changing, but always intriguing and beautiful. |
 This is Cats Whiskers. Named for the white, wispy flowers. |
 This is Blue Bayou Hibiscus. All the
representative plants have these informative plaques. |
 Thunbergia Battiscombei from tropical
Africa |
 Gardenia Jasminoides
Rubiaceae, from China |
 I lost the name of this plant. But it was so interesting, I
decided to include it. |
 Jakfruit from Malaysia to S. India |
 Onomea Falls inside Hawaiian Tropical Botanical
Garden.
So ideal, you can almost hear it now. |
 Red lobster claw. Named for the distinctive part of the
plant. |
 This is a close up of Red Lobster Claw.
It is most appropriately named. |
 Pink striped Heliconia. |
 Aphelandra Aurantiaca Aganthaceae aka: fiery spike (S. America) |
 Impatiens |
 This is Vanilla Planifolia. It is a vining member of the orchid
family. It is the most common source of commercial vanilla. From South America. |
 Little Club Moss |
 Red Ginger (pacific Islands) |
 Calathea from Brazil
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 Denebobium orchid |
 Phalaenopsis orchid |
 Gorgeous. Unfortunately, I lost the name of this orchid. |
 Another exceptional orchid without a name. |
 Cattleya orchid |
 Purple Ground orchid |
 A grand view of one of the many orchid beds. |
 Japanese Bagg |
 Blood Leaf or Iresine Herbstil amaaranthageae from South Brazil |
 Onomea Stream as it runs under one of the several foot bridges on
the trail in the garden. |
 Beautiful, but unknown. |
 A young Traveler's tree. Later we will see a mature specimen
in the parking lot.
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 Rattle Snake Plant or Calathea Crotalifera Marantaceae. Found from Mexico to Ecuador |
 Cochliostema or Cochliostema Odoratissimum Commelinacea. From
Costa Rica to Bolivia. |
 Onomea Bay from one of the foot paths in the gardens. |
 Now here is something different, a Flowering Banana. |
 Bromeliad. Not sure which variety. |
 Purple Waffle plant or Hemigraphis Colorata Acanthaceae from Malaysia |
 A stand of Torch Ginger. |
 Powder Puff Tree, a member of Brownea. |
 Close up of bloom of Powder Puff Tree. |
 Persian Shield. |
 Pink Striped Heliconia |
 A mature Traveler's Tree in the parking lot of the gift
shop. So ends my photographs of Hawaiian Tropical Botanical Garden. |