Category Archives: rainforests
Australian National Botanical Gardens
Tales of a Technogypsie » Blog Archive » Australian National Botanical Gardens. Australian National Botanical Gardens * GPO Box 1777 * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory * 2601 * Australia * +61 2 6250 9599 * http://www.anbg.gov.au/ * In … Continue reading
Macadamia : Macadamia spp.
Macadamian Nut Tree between Punalu’u and Kona Macadamia Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; (unranked): Angiosperms; unranked): Eudicots; Order: Proteales; Family: Proteaceae; Genus: Macadamia; Species: various – some examples: Macadamia claudiensis, Macadamia grandis, Macadamia hildebrandii, Macadamia integrifolia Macadamia jansenii Macadamia ternifolia, … Continue reading
Mango : Mangifera Indica
Mango Tree at Graveyard along highway between Punalu’u and Kona Mango Taxonomy: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Angiospermae; Class: Magnoliopsida; Order: Sapindales; Family: Anacardiaceae; Genus: Mangifera; Species: Indica. Mangifera Indica. Common names: Mango, Man-Go, Manga. Usually refers to a fruit … Continue reading
Steam Vents
Steam Vents Steam Vents Steam vents are locations on the Earth where fissures in the Earth or rainwater sinks that collect water are heated by rocks that are carrying heat from lava or geothermal activity beneath it. Usually … Continue reading
Volcano National Park
Big Island Volcano National Park Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii One of Hawaii’s most notorious and famous National Parks, “Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park” was established in 1916 as a National Park, a International Biosphere Reserve in 1980, and a … Continue reading
Papaya
Papaya, Big Island, Hawaii Papaya Taxonomy: Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Rosids: Brassicales: Caricaceae: Carica: Carica papaya. Common names: Custard Apple, Papaya, paw paw, big melon, melon tree Carica papaya is the Caribbean/Spanish name of the plant that bears the … Continue reading
Hawaiian Botanical Gardens
Hawaiian Botanical Gardens and Beach Cove * 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway * P.O. Box 80, Papaikou, HI 96781 * Phone: 808-964-5233 FAX: 808-964-1338 * http://htbg.com/ While travelling along the coast near Hilo with my friend Kawika, we dropped … Continue reading
Akaka & Kahuna Falls
Akaka Falls * Akaka Falls Rd * Off Hwy 19, Honomu, HI 96728 * (808) 974-6200 * (near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii) * My first day on the Big Island, my friend Kawika took me to these amazing … Continue reading
Red Ivy
Red Ivy Hemigraphis alternata Acanthus Family Genus: Acanthaceae Family: Acanthaceae Juss. Locale: India, Java, Malay Archipelago. Folk/Other names: cemetery plant, Hemigraphis, Red Ivy, Red Flame Ivy, Purple Waffle Plant. Many different species and cultivars of the Hemigraphis: cultivar “colorata” is … Continue reading
Orchids
Orchids Orchis sp. Family: Orchidacea Orchids are the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae). The number of orchid species equals about four times the number of mammal species, or more than twice the number of bird species. It also … Continue reading