HO'OMALUHIA BOTANICAL GARDEN

The Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden is located in Kaneohe, Oahu.

The Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden is part of the five botanical gardens administered by the Honolulu Botanical Gardens. 

Located in Kaneohe, it was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers as flood protection for Kaneohe, the site of an important Marine Corps base, and opened to the public in 1982.

The garden covers 400 acres and emphasizes plants native to Hawaii and the Polynesian islands. Due to its young age – for a botanical garden – some trees have not yet reached their peak height.

Because of its flood protection mission, the garden includes an earth dam holding a pond. Admission is free, as with the other botanical gardens administered by the Parks and Recreation Department of the City and County of Honolulu. 

GRASSES, SHRUBS AND FERNS

The Welcome sign - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Welcome!
Ground cover with yellow flowers - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Ground cover with yellow flowers
Yellow heliconias - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Yellow heliconias
Red heliconias - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Red heliconias
Hala - pandanus - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Hala - pandanus
Pandanus close up - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Pandanus close up
FLOWERS (15 photos)
Colville's flowers - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Colville's flowers
Dombeya yellow flower - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Dombeya
Kukui tree flowers, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden - Kaneohe, HI
Kukui
Ixora plant, Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden - Kaneohe, HI
Ixora
Ixora plant full view - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Ixora, the plant
Naupaka white flower - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Naupaka
Palm tree flowers, fruits - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Palm tree flowers, fruits
Pink flower cluster - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Pink flower cluster

White fragrant Plumeria blooms - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Plumeria blooms
Princess of the night white flower - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Princess of the night
Red flower bud - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Red flower bud
Light grey flower cluster - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Light grey flower cluster
'Ulei flower and fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
'Ulei flower and fruit
Yellow heliconia flowers close up - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Yellow heliconias close up
Yellow-orange flowers - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Yellow-orange flowers
FRUITS (21 photos)
Blue-black fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Blue-black fruit
Beans sprouting - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Beans sprouting
Colville's tree fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Colville's tree fruit
Croton pods - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Croton pods
Cuachilote tree with fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Cuachilote
Ficus saussureana - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Ficus saussureana
Green-yellow fruits - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Green-yellow fruits
Hala - pandanus red fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Hala - pandanus red fruit
Poison bulb - crinum asiaticum - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Poison bulb - crinum asiaticum
Large bean on the ground - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Large bean on the ground
Purple berry clusters - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Purple berry clusters
Palm tree fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Palm tree fruit
Red fruit on palm tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Red fruit on palm tree
Seed pod - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Seed pod
Red-green fruits - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Red-green fruits
Small orange fruit clusters - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Small orange fruit clusters
Teddy bear palm fruits - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Teddy bear palm fruits
Tiger palm stem and fruits - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Tiger palm stem and fruits
Transvaal gardenia fruit gourd - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Transvaal gardenia fruit gourds
'Ulei fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
'Ulei fruit
Unripe pandanus fruit - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Unripe pandanus fruit

THE TREES (27 photos)
Centipede 10 inches long inside paperbark - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI

When I pulled the bark on this tree to look inside I got a nasty surprise - a centipede about 10 inches long was hiding in there.

We only see the lower part of its body on this photo. These arthropods have 21 body segments.
Allspice tree trunk - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Allspice tree trunk
Dome-shaped tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Dome-shaped tree
Barbed palm tree trunk - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Barbed palm tree trunk
Fan palm tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Fan palm tree
Colville's glory tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Colville's glory tree
Ficus glabrata - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Ficus glabrata
Ficus glabrata tree base - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Ficus glabrata tree base
Ficus glabrata buttress roots close up - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Ficus glabrata buttress roots
Gumbo limbo - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Gumbo limbo
Gumbo limbo information - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Gumbo limbo information
Red trunk palm trees - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Red trunk palm trees
Para rubber tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Para rubber tree
Para rubber tree information - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Para rubber tree information
Palm tree and dried fruits - Ho'maluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Palm tree and dried fruits
Teddy bear palm tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Teddy bear palm
Tiger palm tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Tiger palm
Quachilote information - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Quachilote information
White paperbark tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
White paperbark tree
White paperbark tree close up - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
The tree with the centipede
Talipot palm tree - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Talipot palm
Talipot palm trunk close up - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Talipot palm trunk close up
Yellow bark eucalyptus - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Yellow bark eucalyptus
Yellow bark eucalyptus close up - Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe, HI
Yellow bark close up
Vermilion roses in a vase, 5 x 7 oil painting by Clemence St. Laurent

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