These are White Water Lilies that I found growing on the side of Old Pali Road next to property called Luakaha. This is not to be confused with the real Luakaha Trail or property that the waterfall is located on.
View above Board of Water Supply Facility
Fishing pond that Board of Water supply won't allow anyone to enter.
This is the back road leading from a trail in the back of Kimo Drive and private property to Board of Water Supply facility. There were many plants that grew in this mowed down space. One of the was this extremely rare red kalo. As you know, I collect roots and seeds but I never touch the endemic rare Hawaiian plants in the wild because they are so rare. Anyone who tampers with these plants can accidently cause the plant to die and the species to go extinct. Its called loss of habitat and it looks something like this pict above. The workers did get rid of alot of bamboo and ginger. But why weren't they more careful about the rare Hawaiian Kalo plant? Its upsetting. I could have collected the thing and saved its life but I didn't because taking it out of its natural habitat could possibly kill it as well. So now the state workers killed it. Great Job! (not)
The irony is that man always tries to control nature and fails. I was talking about this with one of my friends the other day. So to the left they destroyed every living plant imaginable. To the right of the Board of Water Supply building they forgot to weed out the evasive heliconia which is peaking their heads above the grass. They are just babies right now, but once the grow 3 feet tall it will be virtually impossible to get them out of the ground. I found it interesting how man tries to control nature but in reality really cannot control nature. I was thinking that Board of Water supply landscapers might need help "weeding" out this rare but evasive and introduced heliconia.
