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Hawaiian plant name
Can anyone tell me what Puakinikini is in English or Latin? We have one of
my nieces staying with my daughter at the moment and she has lived for some years in Hawaii where this was one of her favourite plants. My daughter would like to find it and keep it in her conservatory for her cousin's visits! All I know about it is that it seems to be creamy white, jasmine-ish in shape of flower, used in leis and very highly scented. Thank you! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Sacha wrote:
Can anyone tell me what Puakinikini is in English or Latin? We have one of my nieces staying with my daughter at the moment and she has lived for some years in Hawaii where this was one of her favourite plants. My daughter would like to find it and keep it in her conservatory for her cousin's visits! All I know about it is that it seems to be creamy white, jasmine-ish in shape of flower, used in leis and very highly scented. Thank you! Phew! Not surprised if you didn't find through Google: it seems the proper spelling is "puakenikeni", and nearly all the many hits are irrelevant. They don't even seem to agree on a Latin name, either, or if they do, they don't agree how to spell it. It looks as though there are at least two plants of the name. One, _Fagraea potaliaceae_ (which doesn't look right to me) gets to 40' high; while the other ?_Fagarea berteriana_? only reaches 7'. I gave up before getting to any cultural advice or European sup-pliers; but I didn't search under the Latin name. Mike. |
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:21:49 +0100, Sacha
wrote: ~Can anyone tell me what Puakinikini is in English or Latin? We have one of ~my nieces staying with my daughter at the moment and she has lived for some ~years in Hawaii where this was one of her favourite plants. My daughter ~would like to find it and keep it in her conservatory for her cousin's ~visits! All I know about it is that it seems to be creamy white, ~jasmine-ish in shape of flower, used in leis and very highly scented. Thank ~you! Heh. I think know the one. Frangipani. Otherwise known as plumeria. If I could grow it here, I would. They get about 2m tall but are not frost hardy at all. Beautiful scent! -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:21:49 +0100, Sacha
wrote: ~Can anyone tell me what Puakinikini is in English or Latin? We have one of ~my nieces staying with my daughter at the moment and she has lived for some ~years in Hawaii where this was one of her favourite plants. My daughter ~would like to find it and keep it in her conservatory for her cousin's ~visits! All I know about it is that it seems to be creamy white, ~jasmine-ish in shape of flower, used in leis and very highly scented. Thank ~you! ooops! following up on my last post, the bushes are small when they start to flower but I forgot they can get to be rather large trees! http://sd1new.net/GardenPages/plumeria.htm will help. -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
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On 15/10/04 9:17, in article , "jane"
wrote: On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:21:49 +0100, Sacha wrote: ~Can anyone tell me what Puakinikini is in English or Latin? We have one of ~my nieces staying with my daughter at the moment and she has lived for some ~years in Hawaii where this was one of her favourite plants. My daughter ~would like to find it and keep it in her conservatory for her cousin's ~visits! All I know about it is that it seems to be creamy white, ~jasmine-ish in shape of flower, used in leis and very highly scented. Thank ~you! Heh. I think know the one. Frangipani. Otherwise known as plumeria. If I could grow it here, I would. They get about 2m tall but are not frost hardy at all. Beautiful scent! Well, I wondered about that Jane and I'm going to ask her. But she was here yesterday and we have Plumeria in flower at present. She even picked a flower so I wonder if it can be one and the same thing. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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I think that the information that you are looking for is at: http://www.hear.org/species/fagraea_berteroana/ I hope this helps you. Best of Luck, Pueo |
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