Does anyone know of any garden societies

[Les C]

Might you have 'ie'ie, Freycinetia arborea, in the same family as hala, Pandanus tectorius? It's more like a vine than a tree, and it's much smaller than hala. According to K. Lilleeng-Rosenberger's book, it has ringed stems about 1-2" around. It has shorter, untoothed, long, pointy leaves, only a little over a foot long. I've on seen it in rainforests but it appears that it's range includes mesic habitats. (In case anyone didn't already know, humic = very wet, e.g., rainforest; mesic = moderately wet, i.e., between humic and xeric; xeric = dry, e.g. Ka'u Desert.) It's a neat native plant which is becoming somewhat endangered.

Pics here
http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/image...rborea.htm
You can see a fruiting/flowering cluster at the end of the clumps.

and
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/FACULTY/CAR...b_5179.jpg

Edited by - Les C on 05/14/2007 10:44:51