Hapu'u Pulu
by Lehua Pekelo-Stearns
Title
Hapu'u Pulu
Artist
Lehua Pekelo-Stearns
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Hāpu'u, a native fern that grows in the rainforest of the Hawaiian Islands and here in our backyard in Volcano, Hawaii, has been used in a number of ways. As the young shoots uncurl they have a fine golden hair that is very soft, almost like velvet. This hair is called pulu and it was collected in the 1800's and used commercially as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. The remenants of an old pulu factory can still be seen on the Napau Crater trail in the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
This young Hapu'u in our backyard will slowly uncurl and grow attached to a two foot young Hapuu fern tree that will eventually grow into a tree reaching heights of 20 to 30 feet and some times taller in the rain forests of Volcano, Hawaii.
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November 25th, 2012
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