Photographs by Haunani Miyasato In the following century, native plants became harder to find and lei makers increasingly relied on introduced plants like plumeria and jasmine (pīkake)—which ...

"I visited Hawaii in 1989, saw the plumeria there, and made a real spiritual connection," he said. "When the Hawaiian girl put a lei (made from plumeria flowers) around my neck, I fell in love ...

Origin: Tropical Brazil, Mexico and the Caribbean You know the long days of summer have arrived when the plumeria (Plumeria) is blooming. This tropical has a thick green trunk (or stem ...

Afterward, the graduate can give the leis back to nature, scattering them around in their garden or letting them float in the ocean. Plumeria and orchids are popular flowers used for leis but ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hundreds gathered in Downtown Honolulu on Friday afternoon to see the annual King Kamehameha statue lei draping ceremony. The event started at 3 p.m. with ...