| Author: |
Harold St. John, 1969
|
| Family: |
CAMPANULACEAE |
| Origin: |
Molokai Island Hawaii |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
25
Centimetres |
| Height: |
5
Meters |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Alula, 'Olulu, Pu Aupaka,
Pua
'Ala. |
| Synonyms: |
Brighamia remyi.
Brighamia
rockii ssp. longiloba. |
This member of the Campanulaceae family was
described by Harold St. John in 1969. It is only found on the Hawaiian
island Molokai. It grows on the hill-sides in well-drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. It can grow to 5 meters with a stem 25
centimetres in diameter, and the flowers are
white. Forrest Anderson send me some seeds from CSSA seed depot.
Prefer temperatures
around 20-25 C.
The genus name: Brighamia,
is named after William Tufts Brigham, 1841-1926, geologist, botanist
and the first direction of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu,
Hawaiʻi. The specific name rockii is named for Joseph Frances
Charles Rock,1884-1962, an Austrian-American botanist who did much
to help our current understanding of native Hawaiian plants.
Sadly, there are now fewer than
200 Brighamia
rockii, plants growing on Moloka’i, I'm told.
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