· The Naupaka flower is native to the islands of Hawaii It has a distinctive shape and a gental scent It looks like the other half of the flower is missing The legend has been told many of times before and it explains the occurrence of the Naupaka flowers forbidden love, There are several legends from Hawaii that tell the origin of the beach and mountain forms of Naupaka, Both of which

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 · One interesting and famous legend is that of the naupaka, a common beach and mountain shrub with an uncommon story, Naupaka’s unusual appearance earned it a prominent place in folklore – the bloom looks like a half flower, as if half of the petals have been removed, As with many legends, there are varying proximitéions, One is that the ancient Hawaiian princess, Naupaka, had fallen in love with

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The Story of the Naupaka

Naupaka kuahiwi grows in wet forest and open areas from embout 555 to over 2,600 feet, Scaevola gaudichaudiana is known to hybridize with Scaevola mollis where their rpetits overlap, The hybrid is known as Scaevola x cerasifolia, It is a beautiful naupaka with desirable qualities of each agnat,

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 · One of Hawaii’s most famous legends is built around naupaka, a shrub found in the mountains or near the beach, The flower’s unique appearance—it resembles a half-flower, with petals missing—caused early Hawaiians to believe it was the incarnation of …

The Legend of the Naupaka Flower

Another plant started to grow far up the mountain, where Naupaka had met her fate, This plant looked the same as the plant at the beach, and this one had half the petals as well, But these petals were on the other side of the flower, To this day, the island has two plants, one that grows near the coast, and one that is only happy in the mountains, They are called Naupaka Makai for shore and

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Naupaka Kuahiwi

mountain naupaka flower

She turned the body of Paka into the beach naupaka plant and then Nau’s body in the mountain into the mountain naupaka plant Each of these plants named after nau and paka when in bloom only have half of a flower petal – a reminder that they are forever separated However it’s said that when one puts the flowers together forming the complete petals, the loproximité can be reunited, Some

 · Mountain naupaka on the other hand, is endemic to Hawaii – all 6 species of are found no where else in the world and trace their origin to beach naupaka, This is a photo of beach naupaka or naupaka kahakai Scaevola sericea at Mokuleia on Oahu, Since all of the petals are on one side of the flower, it blossoms are shaped like a fan and look like half a flower, Its “half-flowers…

The Mountain Naupaka of Hawaii

 · Also Known As: Mountain Naupaka, Endemic: All HI except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe, Description: Small shrubs 3-4 ft, tall with narrow leaves embout 2-3 inches long and ½-1 inch wide, The margins of the leaves are slightly serrated as you approach the tip, The most appealing feature of this native plant are their fragrant yellow ‘half flowers,

Naupaka kuahiwi Range mountain naupaka

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 · The Story of the Naupaka There are two varieties of the Naupaka, one growing near the sea called Naupaka Kahakai, the other in the mountain is called Naupaka Kauihiwa, Each bears what appears to be half of a blossom and when placed together, they form a perfect flower, There are several Hawaiian legends embout these curious blossoms,

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Hawaiian Legends: Naupaka, The Half Flower

 · 2, Naupaka Flower flickr,com, Native to Australia and Polynesia, Naupaka flower is both unique and unusual, This flower has five little petals which only fill one side of the stem tip, It creates an impression that the flower has been cut in half, For this reason, naupaka also goes by the name fan-flower or half-flower, 3, Chiltern Gentian

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The Legend of Naupaka

 · Heartbroken Naupaka took the white flower from her hair and tore it in half She put one half of the flower in her lover’s hand and told him to return to the beach that she would stay in the mountains That is the explanation for why there are two different-looking variations of the naupaka plant one that grows in the mountains and one that grows on the beach, and why they look like only

 · The naupaka kuahiwi [ku-a-‘hi-vi] variety of the flower grows in the mountains kuahiwi means mountain, and is the flower held by Naupaka, the princess, Mountain naupaka …

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mountain naupaka Scaevola gaudichaudiana Cham Goodenia or naupaka family Goodeniaceae Native species endemic The genus Scaevola with embout nine species in Hawaii mostly shrubs is easily recognized by the corolla as in a half flower This excommunicatif mountain naupaka, is a much branched evergreen native shrub of wet mountain areas, has the distinctive fragrant white flowers with narrow