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I waited months for these flowers to develop and open, visiting every few weeks. Not quite open yet but close...
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Photo 1 of a series of 4 photos of the same flower buds from December through late March.
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Photo 2 of a series of 4 photos of the same flower buds from December through late March. This second photo was taken in early January.
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Photo 3 of a series of 4 photos of the same flower buds from December through late March. This third photo was taken in early February. Elevation of this plant is around 5560ft/1695m.
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Photo 4 of a series of 4 photos of the same flower buds from December through late March. This fourth photo was taken in late March. Elevation of this plant is around 5560ft/1695m.
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The bud in the foreground is beginning to open showing the densely pubescent staminal column. Elevation around 5560ft/1695m.
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This rare and endangered plant is native to upper windward forests on Hawaii Island, the Big Island. Part of the Hawaiian Lobeliads - 125+ species in 6 genera, evolved from a single colonization 13 million years ago (2009 Givnish, et.al., Proc. R. Soc., B7, Vol 276, no. 1656, 407-416). Elevation around 5560ft/1695m.
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Endemic to windward Mauna Kea on the Big Island and endangered. Several C. shipmanii were observed and likely planted as wild plants are nearly non-existent. However, these plants were maturing at 2m and losing their muricate projections or spikes on the upper stem and leaves. Elevation around 5560ft/1695m
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Endemic to windward Mauna Kea on the Big Island and endangered. Several C. shipmanii were observed and likely planted as wild plants are nearly non-existent. However, these plants were maturing at 2m and losing their muricate projections or spikes on the upper stem and leaves. Elevation around 5560ft/1695m
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Endemic to windward Mauna Kea on the Big Island and endangered. Several C. shipmanii were observed and likely planted as wild plants are nearly non-existent. However, these plants were maturing at 2m and losing their muricate projections or spikes on the upper stem and leaves. Elevation around 5560ft/1695m
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Endemic to windward Mauna Kea on the Big Island and endangered. Several C. shipmanii were observed and likely planted as wild plants are nearly non-existent. However, these plants were maturing at 2m and losing their muricate projections or spikes on the upper stem and leaves. Elevation around 5560ft/1695m. Note pinnately divided leaves.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails. Note muricate points.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails. Note muricate points.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails. Note muricate points.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails. Note muricate points.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails. Note muricate points. This is the lower surface of the leaf.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails. Note muricate points.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Elevation around 4300ft/1311m. Several planted lobeliads on trails.
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