Light From Above Metal Print

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This is the white Hibiscus immaculatus, Kokio keo keo, a native to the moist to wet forests of the mountains of Moloka'i. Immaculatus, latin for "without spots" or "pure", is extremely rare and grows in a few valleys here. The single white flowers are pinwheel shaped, up to 4 inches across, and borne at the ends of the branches. The staminal column is white and the flowers are slightly fragrant. I found an old plant in the mountains near my home and made a few cuttings, only one survived but is doing well, and is showing these elegant rare flowers in my yard.

I've lived in Hawaii since 2002, 1200 feet above sea level, on the small rural island of Moloka'i. It is very quiet here, with only about 7,400 residents. I appreciate the quiet life after spending 35 years as a commercial illustrator, senior art director and design director for major advertising agencies and design studios in Chicago, San Francisco and Palo Alto California. I've always loved cooking. In 2002 that love led me to a degree in the Culinary Arts just before moving to Hawaii. Since then I designed and built a house, worked in local restaurants, self-published three cookbooks, and took up photography as a hobby. Now retired, I spend most of my time developing recipes and photographing them, plus researching and writing...