Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: February 24–March 2, 2021
Watch films centered on Black voices, take your gardening skills to the next level, celebrate indigenous foods and more as we move into the third month of 2021.
February 24, 2021
February 25 to March 6
We’re expecting the 10th year of this festival to be more popular than ever as people seek to hear from diverse voices. It opens Thursday morning at 10 a.m. with
Unapologetic, a look at the Movement for Black Lives in Chicago. The documentary
Lil’ Buck: Real Swan follows a dancer who combines street dancing with ballet and teaches South Memphis kids his methods (Feb. 27). And if you missed
New native flower discovered above Lahaina
By Staff | Jan 8, 2021
Cyanea heluensis is a newly described native plant. The only known individual was discovered in wet ‘ohia forest on Mauna Kahalawai in West Maui. PHOTO BY THE PLANT EXTINCTION PREVENTION PROGRAM (PEPP).
LAHAINA Hawaii’s rich collection of unique native plant species has added a new member to its ranks, and a new species has been described for the first time. Only one individual of the new species, named Cyanea heluensis, is currently known from a remote location in West Maui. While exploring the steep slopes of Helu above Lahaina, Botanist Hank Oppenheimer and colleague Jennifer Higashino found a single large plant in the deep shade of a healthy ohi’a forest.