Wiliwili of Pu‘uwa‘awa‘a

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I did not appreciate the beauty of the wiliwili flowers until the Eryrthrina  gall wasp appeared in Hawai‘i. The color variants are spectacular and this is but one beautiful example I was able to take before the gall wasp infestations got really bad. 

© Darcy Oishi 2020