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4005 Bond street, house construction, August, 2021

Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia

4005 Bond street, house construction,

Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia

Two years ago; flic.kr/p/2ju8ssH

Åkersberga, Sweden

Åkersberga, Sweden

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If you want to stand between Bamboo please take your time... and enjoy it large on black

Bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. In bamboo the plant stem are hollow. Bamboos are also the fastest growing plants in the world. They are capable of growing up to 60 centimeters 24 inch or more per day due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. However, this astounding growth rate is highly dependent on local soil and climatic conditions. Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in Asia where they are used extensively in everyday life as building materials, as a food source and as a highly versatile raw product. There are more than 70 genera divided into about 1,000 species. They are found in diverse climates, from cold mountains to hot tropical regions. Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth; it has been measured surging skyward as fast as 121 cm 48 inch in a 24-hour period. The shoots new bamboo culms that come out of the ground of bamboo are edible. They are used in numerous Asian dishes. Bamboo is the main food of the Giant Panda; it makes up 99% of the Panda's diet. Pandas will move to other bamboo forests when they have consumed all edible bamboos of an area, or when the bamboos of an area are dying. But there are no Panda's in Laos. Bamboo can be used for many other things like: medicine, house construction, textiles, musical instruments, art and paper. Most species flower infrequently. In fact, many bamboos only flower at intervals as long as 60 or 120 years then the bamboo dies. This mechanism, as well as the evolutionary cause behind it, is still largely a mystery. In China and India, bamboo blossom was traditionally seen as a curse or an indication of a starvation coming.

I always love the wander inside a Bamboo forest. Forest? or should I call it a grass field. It's dark and no other plants are allowed to grow here. It's an extraordinary plant. After the blossom of the Bamboo, the flowers produce fruit, which the Chinese called "bamboo rice". Then, the bamboo forest will die. Since a bamboo forest usually grows from a single bamboo, the death of bamboos occurs in a large area. This mechanism, as well as the evolutionary cause behind it, is still largely a mystery.

Bamboe is eigenlijk geen boom maar is een plantensoort die behoort tot de grootste van de grasfamilie. De naam bamboe is afkomstig uit het Maleis en in vrijwel alle talen bekend als bambu, bamboo enz. Ze zijn van binnen hol en worden op geregelde afstanden onderbroken door knopen waar de bladeren aanhechten. De grootste bamboe is de reuzenbamboe die tot 35 meter hoog wordt en tot 30 cm brede stengels heeft. De plant wordt in uiteenlopende klimaten aangetroffen, van koude berggebieden tot hete, tropische streken. Hij verspreidt zich hoofdzakelijk via zijn wortels, die zich ondergronds ver kunnen verspreiden om hier en daar nieuwe halmen boven de grond te laten komen. Bamboe is één van de snelst groeiende planten: binnen één seizoen kan hij tot volle wasdom komen. De snelst groeiende plant ter wereld is een bepaalde bamboesoort waarvan reeds groeisnelheden van één meter per dag zijn waargenomen. Dit is drie keer zo snel als de snelst groeiende boom. De bamboeplant bloeit zelden, soms zelfs eens in de honderd jaar. Als een plant bloeit, dan bloeit hij in een groot gebied, soms zelfs zo groot als een continent of groter. Hoe al die planten weten dat ze tegelijk moeten bloeien stelt biologen nog steeds voor een raadsel. Na de bloei vindt massale achteruitgang en afsterving van bamboe plaats. Bamboe is de voornaamste voedselbron van de reuzenpanda die het moeilijk kan krijgen als in zijn leefgebied een belangrijke bamboesoort gaat bloeien. De jonge bamboescheuten zijn eetbaar en worden veel in de Aziatische keuken gebruikt. Als bouwmateriaal wordt bamboe veel gebruikt, onder andere voor: meubelen, steigers, wapening in beton, vishengels, muziekinstrumenten zoals panfluit, bamboefluit en parket.

Colorful disarray on a dumpster in a constriction zone

+3 in comments.

a morning view ,where workers (labour class) beginning day with morning tea on street

Although not completely clear in this 110 film scan, the sign reads...

We biked past the sign for weeks thinking that it might actually help in attracting buyers. One day the sign disappeared without a trace. Probably torn down by the construction crew chief. Hope he had a good laugh, though.

Although not completely clear in this 110 film scan, the sign reads...

We biked past the sign for weeks thinking it might actually help in attracting buyers. One day the sign disappeared without a trace. Probably torn down by the construction crew chief. Hope he had a good laugh, though.

Åkersberga, Sweden

Wickford, RI

Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia

Seen in a small promotional book entitled "London Suburbs Old and New", full of 'useful knowledge for health and home' edited by Frank Green and Sr S Wolff, this edition issued in 1934. The guide has an amazing range of advice and information and this included descriptions of various suburban locations, complete with relevant adverts by local developers.

In North London, like so many other locations in Middlesex, the arrival of the railway especially the 'Tube' and Metropolitan, had a dramatic effect on once rural villages as London expanded. Already in place in Victorian and Edwardian times this expansion reached new heights in the inter-war period when "Metroland", as coined by John Betjeman as well as the marketing people at the Met Railway, became reality. Tens of thousands of houses constructed by a multiplicity of often local developers were built and advertised with claims as to construction, features and layout and location - often pushing proximity to the station or bus route. Many were offered with 'attractive' mortgage or purchase arrangements allowing the new and growing middle class of office workers and such to 'buy their own little suburban home'.

Edgware had been the terminus of a rather wndering branch line from Kings Cross station opened by the Great Northern Railway as early as 1867 and that closed, as part of a modernisation project by London Transport that was curtailed after the way, in 1939. The electric tram reached the village in the Edwardian era but the real spur to growth was the arrival of the extension of the Underground line from Golders Green in 1924.

A E Curton were one such builder and developer. The houses seen here in Edgwarebury Lane, were under development by 1935 and were of the more 'upmarket' type, freehold with 'oak panelled dining rooms' and as many as 5 bedrooms. Needless to say your £70 down and £2000 investment would now set you back over a million pounds! The 'descriptive brochure' seen here was produced in several editions as late as 1939.

Seen in a small promotional book entitled "London Suburbs Old and New", full of 'useful knowledge for health and home' edited by Frank Green and Sr S Wolff, this edition issued in 1934. The guide has an amazing range of advice and information and this included descriptions of various suburban locations, complete with relevant adverts by local developers.

In North London, like so many other locations in Middlesex, the arrival of the railway especially the 'Tube' and Metropolitan, had a dramatic effect on once rural villages as London expanded. Already in place in Victorian and Edwardian times this expansion reached new heights in the inter-war period when "Metroland", as coined by John Betjeman as well as the marketing people at the Met Railway, became reality. Tens of thousands of houses constructed by a multiplicity of often local developers were built and advertised with claims as to construction, features and layout and location - often pushing proximity to the station or bus route. Many were offered with 'attractive' mortgage or purchase arrangements allowing the new and growing middle class of office workers and such to 'buy their own little suburban home'.

Edgware had been the terminus of a rather wndering branch line from Kings Cross station opened by the Great Northern Railway as early as 1867 and that closed, as part of a modernisation project by London Transport that was curtailed after the way, in 1939. The electric tram reached the village in the Edwardian era but the real spur to growth was the arrival of the extension of the Underground line from Golders Green in 1924.

A W Curton were one such builder and developer. The houses seen here in Edgwarebury Lane, were under development by 1935 and were of the more 'upmarket' type, freehold with 'oak panelled dining rooms' and as many as 5 bedrooms. Needless to say your £70 down and £2000 investment would now set you back over a million pounds! The 'descriptive brochure' seen here was produced in several editions as late as 1939.

$600,000 or thereabouts will put you in one of these beauties.

It was well on its way when we passed it a couple of weeks ago with shingles being conveyered to the roof.

Amsterdam photo of small renovation activities - the renovation and rebuilding of the wooden windows and brick house-walls in the street Lombokstraat, Indische buurt, in Amsterdam East. The house-blocks were built in the 1920's by a socialist housing association, for the workers and their family.

Urban photography of The Netherlands; a geotagged and free download picture in the public domain / Commons - Dutch photographer Fons Heijnsbroek, Amsterdam, September 2016.

Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha

Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island)

Common to fairly common

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

ʻŌhiʻa or ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) is the most common native tree in the Hawaiian Islands.

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific and subspecific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

4005 Bond street, house construction, July, 2021

Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia

Construction of a residential building in Aftabnagar. Do notice the lack of any safety measures around.

Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Ōhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua ʻalani

Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (all main islands)

Trees with orange (Lehua ʻalani) flowers are uncommon

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua mamo

Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00058

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua ʻalani

Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

ʻAlani (orange) and salmon are uncommon colors for this species flowers. Most are red (ʻula).

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00022

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

Langenwinkel, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua

Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

Buds showing petals (sepals?) and open flowers. Shades of red (ʻula) is the most flower common color for this species.

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00002

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

A rather fine embossed front cover from a brochure used to extol the virtues of using hollow terracotta tiles to form the structure of buildings - rendering them 'fireproof'. This system of construction - much seen in the US - was of course much more fire safe than the traditional timber framed and clad houses.

Digital ID: 1260132. Putting up the walls on a prefabricated house at the FSA [Farm Security Administration] project in Pacolet, South Carolina.. Delano, Jack -- Photographer. Date depicted: March 1941

Notes: LOC negative # : 43649-D.

Source: Farm Security Administration Collection. / South Carolina. / Jack Delano. (more info)

Repository: The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Photographs and Prints Division.

See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.

Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1260132

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Brohuset under construction, Årstabron, Stockholm

The two recent houses at the left seem to be of a kind. But the 8 workers clambering over the scaffolding and framing timbers seem to be following a different design. In the background, the cluster of tall trees signals either a Buddhist temple, or in this case Shinto shrine, the Hiyoshi Jinja. All other flat ground surface is either built upon, paved, or planted for agricultural production, it seems. The rice field in the foreground will be prepared to receive seedlings late in March or sometime in April. Global warming puts the start date, based on night time air temperatures, earlier than before, although the number of daylight hours is the same as the calendar dates 100 or 1000 years ago.

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua

Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiʻi Island (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00036

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

an ongoing series, see the dedicated album

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua mamo

Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (all the main islands except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe)

Waimea Park, Hawaiʻi Island (Cultivated)

Two spectacular examples of ʻōhiʻa pua ʻula (red flowers) and pua melemele (yellow flowers) in a public community park.

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00057

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

New house build in St. Paul.

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua

Myrtaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00048

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua

Myrtaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Common

ʻAiea Ridge Trail, Oʻahu

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

Project 365 = Day 363 = 29 Dec 2022

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ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua

Myrtaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00041

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

Metrosideros polymorpha

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua

Myrtaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiʻi Island (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

"Imperfection in Perfect Beauty" (D'Wey)

Eriophyoidea gall mite infest ʻōhiʻa leaves.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00034

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua, Lehua ʻalani

Myrtaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00049

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua mamo

Myrtaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Oʻahu (Cultivated)

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00051

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

Home construction in Seattle.

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ʻŌhiʻa, ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Lehua mamo

Myrtaceae

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiʻi Island (Cultivated)

Buds showing petals (sapals?).

Early Hawaiians fashioned the exceptionally hard wood into kapa beaters, prepping boards for kapa (lāʻau kahi wauke), poi boards (papa kuʻi poi), musical instruments, idols, spears, mallets, standards of kāhili, house construction, gunwales and interior framework for canoes.

The wood was also a superior fire wood.

A mixture of ʻōhiʻa flowers, the inner bark of the Polynesian-introduced hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and a little water were given to women in labor when childbirth pangs became intense. Each time the woman had severe pains she was given a mouthful to drink. The liko (new leaves) would be pounded together with lama leaves, leaf buds and flowers to treat thrush in children. To the mixture was added poi (poi lehua) from kalo lehua, heated with hot stones, then cooled and strained before given to the child. Liko were also used to stimulate the appetite and digestion of a weakened child. Kaluna M. Kaʻaiakamanu, in his third volume, specifically mentions the use "Metrosideros collina plym Glaberrima" in the aforementioned treatment, but states that the "mother chews the liko," as well pounding methods, before administering it to the baby.

From early Hawaii to the present day, flowers, seed capsules and liko (new leaves) have been used for lei working. Lei ʻōhiʻa, with or without other material, were given names such as lei lehua ʻula (red flowers), lei lehua ʻalani (orange flowers), lei lehua melemele (yellow flowers), and lei liko lehua, made with new leaves.

The very hard, strong wood is much prized today for flooring, furniture, decorative poles, carvings, and ʻukulele keys. Sapwood is pale brown, grading gradually into reddish-brown heartwood. Wood takes a fine polish, but is difficult to cure.

Beautiful lei made with the flowers, buds and liko are still a favorite as they were among the early Hawaiians.

Leaves are used for a pleasant tea in folk remedies.

Because of the abundance of nectar, the plants are classed as a honey plant. Lehua or ʻōhiʻa honey (meli) has a unique flavor to it.

Etymology

The generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.

The specific epithet polymorpha, is from the Greek poly, many, and morphos, forms, in reference to the numerous forms or shapes of this species.

NPH00006

nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_polymorpha

Back in Tehran after trip to the north

New buildings are being put up everywhere

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Michael

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