ʻO Podocarpus Macrophyllus i kālai ʻia: He hana noʻeau mau loa no kou ʻāina

E hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kou wahi waho me kā mākou Podocarpus macrophyllus i kālai ʻia, i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Buddhist Pine a i ʻole Chinese Yew—he lāʻau evergreen kaulana i hoʻohanohano ʻia no kona ʻano nani, ka olaola o ka makahiki a puni, a me ka hōʻailona moʻomeheu hohonu. Hoʻopili pono ʻia e nā māla akamai, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻano he hana ola o ke kiʻi, e hoʻohui ana i ka nani kūlohelohe me ka hana lima noʻeau e lilo i kikowaena o kekahi māla, villa, a i ʻole ka ʻāina kalepa.

ʻO ka ʻōiwi o ʻAsia Hikina, ua kaulana ʻo Podocarpus macrophyllus no kona lau mānoanoa a momona o nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo lahilahi a hohonu e mālama ana i ko lākou waihoʻoluʻu momona i kēlā me kēia kau. ʻO kona mau lālā palupalu a me ka ulu lohi e lilo ia i moho kūpono no ka ʻokiʻoki kiʻi, e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana i nā ʻano ao kupaianaha, nā ʻano papa nani, a me nā silhouettes i kālai ʻia e mālama i ko lākou ʻano no nā makahiki he ʻumi. ʻAʻole e like me nā lāʻau ulu wikiwiki e nalowale koke ko lākou ʻano, mālama kā mākou Podocarpus i kālai ʻia i kona silhouette i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia me ka mālama liʻiliʻi, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona kūlike a akamai no kou waiwai.

Ma waho aʻe o kona ʻano nani, he koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi ko kēia lāʻau: ma ka moʻomeheu kuʻuna o ʻAsia, hōʻailona ia i ka lōʻihi o ke ola, ka pōmaikaʻi, a me ka pōmaikaʻi, e lilo ia i koho aloha ʻia no nā hale waiwai hanohano, nā luakini, a me nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe. He mea maʻalahi hoʻi ia, ulu maikaʻi i ka lā piha a i ka malu hapa, e ʻae ana i ka maloʻo, a kūʻē i nā mea ʻino a me nā maʻi maʻamau—kūpono no nā ʻano aniau like ʻole a me nā hoʻolālā ʻāina, mai nā māla Mediterranean a i nā pā hale minimalist hou.

Ua ulu ʻia kēlā me kēia o kā mākou mau lāʻau Podocarpus i kālai ʻia ma ka lepo maikaʻi loa, ua hānai pono ʻia, a ua nānā pono ʻia e hoʻokō i nā kūlana hoʻokuʻu aku o ka honua. Hoʻomaopopo mākou i nā ʻōnaehana aʻa olakino, nā lau ikaika, a me nā ʻano paʻa a maikaʻi hoʻi, me ka ʻōpala ʻoihana e hōʻoia i ka lawe palekana ʻana i kāu wahi i manaʻo ʻia. Inā he mea hoʻolālā ʻāina ʻoe, mea nona ka hale hānai, a mea hoʻomohala waiwai paha, hāʻawi kā mākou Podocarpus i kālai ʻia i ka waiwai like ʻole: hoʻohui ia i ka hoihoi koke, hoʻonui i ka waiwai o ka waiwai, a hāʻawi i kahi hopena ʻōmaʻomaʻo mau loa, mālama haʻahaʻa e kū nei i waho o nā lāʻau ʻāina maʻamau.

E hoʻopukapuka i kahi hoʻoilina ola. ʻOi aku kā mākou Podocarpus macrophyllus i kālai ʻia ma mua o kahi mea kanu—he ʻōlelo ia no ka nani, ke kūpaʻa, a me ka nani mau loa. E kāhea mai iā mākou i kēia lā e ʻimi i kā mākou hōʻiliʻili a lawe mai i ke akamai o ka māla ʻĀsia i kou ʻāina.