Haiku
Rainforest
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The giant torch ginger plant whose stalks grow
to twenty-foot lengths produces a flower stalk five feet in height.
The bright waxy red flowers are magnificent to see. The scientific
name (Phaeomeria magnifica) that means "magnificent pure
light." Also depicted is the shell ginger, native to Myanmar
and India, which thrives in our tropical Hawaiian rainforests.
Blooming in spring to late fall it forms clusters of flowers
resembling a strand of white and pink shells. The Hawaiian name
is (Awapuhi-luheluhe) means drooping ginger.
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