HONOLULU (AP) — Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren't grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless orchids ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren’t grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless orchids ...

Crops statewide were hurt by the recent rainfall, including flowers. “Of course, I cannot speak for all of them, but certain ...

For Little Plum Executive Chef Casey Kusaka, flowers have never been an afterthought. They shaped his childhood in Kaneohe, where his grandmother wove lei and ti leaves, his mother and sister danced ...

Reece Farinas, marketing and sales director at Beretania Florist, handled two tuberose lei made from flowers entirely from Hawaii on Thursday in Moiliili. Two bills are in motion at the Legislature ...

Hawaii’s rich collection of unique, native plant species has added a new member to its ranks: a new species has been described for the first time. Cyanea heluensis is related to other native plants ...

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Sam Say, owner of M.P. Lei Shop, strings flowers to make a lei at his shop in Chinatown, Feb. 26, 2026, in Honolulu. The custom of giving and wearing lei made of flowers, leaves, seeds or shells has ...

Dear tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawai'i vacation almost certainly weren't grown there. The vast majority of those odourless orchids are imported from Thailand, ...

Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren't grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless orchids are imported ...