ʻO Bougainvillea ka "mōʻīwahine keaka" hope loa o nā māla mehana—a ua makemake nui mākou. ʻO kēia mea kanu paʻakikī, i kapa ʻia hoʻi he pepa pua, e hoʻololi i kekahi wahi lā i loko o kahi ʻōlinolino o ke kala e mau ana no nā mahina.
He aha kou manaʻo he mau petals? He mau bracts ʻālohilohi kēlā, pepa e ʻōwili ana a puni nā pua keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi a palupalu. Mai ka poni ʻulaʻula palupalu a me ka ʻalani napoʻo ʻana o ka lā a hiki i ka ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi o ke kaʻa ahi (a me nā lau ʻano like ʻole e like me ka mea ma ke kiʻi!), aia kahi aka bougainvillea no kēlā me kēia ʻano. E hoʻohui iā ia me nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻālohilohi, a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mea hōʻikeʻike e like me ia mai kahi kāleka kāleka tropical.
ʻO ka ʻāpana maikaʻi loa? ʻAʻole pono ka mālama ʻana iā Bougainvillea. E hāʻawi iā ia i ka lā piha, ka lepo i hoʻokahe maikaʻi ʻia, a me ka mālama ʻole iki ʻia (inaina ia i nā aʻa pulu!), A e uku mai ia iā ʻoe me nā pua mau. Inā ʻoe e kanu iā ia ma kou lānai, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ia e piʻi i kahi trellis, a i ʻole e hoʻolilo iā ia i lāʻau liʻiliʻi nani, ʻo ia ka mea kanu kūpono no nā māla hana e makemake ana i ka hopena nui loa me ka hoʻoikaika liʻiliʻi.
ʻOi aku ma mua o kahi mea kanu nani, he hōʻailona ka bougainvillea o ke kuko a me ke kūpaʻa. Ulu maikaʻi ia ma kahi e hakakā ai nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, e hoʻohuli ana i ka lā ʻino a me ka lepo maloʻo i loko o kahi haunaele o nā kala. ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻo ia ka hōkū o nā ʻāina mahana he nui—ʻaʻole ulu wale kēia pua, ʻālohilohi ia.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Malaki-18-2026