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Lyon Arboretum attracts many who are passionate about plants. While there are plants from all over the world, many local residents and visitors alike come especially to see Native Hawaiian
Gracianne Young is one of three recipients nationwide in 2024 and will receive a $5,000 scholarship.
The project’s goal is to grow and transplant 2,500 individual Lobelia oahuensis in five locations on Oʻahu, and they’re well on their way.
Listed as endangered in 1994, the population estimate of Lobelia oahuensis at that time was 100 to 200 plants. At the recovery project’s outset in 2019, those numbers dropped to fewer than 20 individual plants.
Endangered and threatened plants will undergo cryopreservation that will preserve them for generations.