Funny Movies
Hawaii - Botanist Steve Perlman pollinates the Alula
clip of "rock star" botanist Steve Perlman kayaking out to edges of Moloka'i to help keep the wild stocks of Brighamia rockii ('olulu) living."It's not thrill-seeking," says Perlman. "I'm there because the plants are there and I'm trying to get to them"."We've seen them all but die out in the wild...But we got them into cultivation, and they're now being sold all over the world. That feels good."more pictures and interview clips with Steve Perlman here:http://www.npr.org/blogs/talkingplants/2008/01/rock_star_botany_202_1.htmland here:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17737106The Alula, or Molokai Ohaha, is found on the windward sea cliffs of Molokai between Halawa and Kalaupapa.Research has shown that 120 species of Lobelioideae flowers on Hawaii are descended from a single colonizing species!Family: Campanulaceae (kam-pan-yew-LAY-see-ay) Genus: Brighamia (brig-AM-ee-uh) Species: rockii (ROK-ee-eye)
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Tags: endemic endagered species Hawaii Molokai Alula Hawai'i Hawai`i Brighamia rockii lobelioid Campanulaceae
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