Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[mermaid53]

So is what Obie conveying is, we can be as rude, disrespectful and nasty as we want to others as long as it's in the form of a question? How stupid of me!?

Moving along...

This thread started in 2013 and we still don't have definitive answers as to what's happening to our beautiful ohias. Some here think they know the answer. IMO adequate funding and research is necessary and until then...no one knows what's causing it. At least there's info on how to prevent it from spreading.

It really hit home while watching the Merrie Monarch and seeing esp this year, the low volume of ohia. Some halaus appeared to opt out replacing ohia w/some other island flower....not as colorful as previous years. Almost as if in mourning of the ohia...I could be totally wrong about that. During the televised Merrie Monarch, some of you may have seen the informational segment on the ohia...how we can even spread it via our shoes or slippahs.