Hawaiian Lei Plant

Plumerias have thick stems leathery leaves.

Hawaiian lei plant. Cut stem remove old foliage. Plant each cutting separately and plant the cuttings 3 inches deep in the cactus mix. The flowers are beautiful and produce a wonderful perfume scent.

Notes on lei making. The ohia and liko that you see below are vulnerable to the Rapid Ohia Death fungus that is spreading throughout the Big Island. The popularity of giving and receiving lei along with other Hawaiian cultural practices has grown in the last century as the islands have become more accessible to visitors globally.

Experience lomilomi traditional Hawaiian massage. Many different plants are used to make leis. The shrub can reach a height of 6 feet 18 m.

Leis symbolize hospitality and are given to new arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands used to decorate graves of war veterans on Memorial Day and for many other events native to Hawaii. Plumeria are beautiful landscape plants that would enhance any landscape. In regions with cold winters plumerias can be grown in containers and brought indoors when the weather cools in autumn.

If picking from the aina please be careful and take a little from each plant so the plants are not harmed. All of our orchids are grown on the Big Island of Hawaii. Tem- perature 3290F elevation.

Lei of various styles are given as gifts to honour people throughout the Pacific being presented for example to visiting dignitaries graduates or to loved ones who are departing. Plumeria flowers are commercially grown in Hawaii for lei production and used in making traditional Hawaiian leis. There are 145 hawaiian lei plant for sale on Etsy and they cost 1293 on average.