Laukahi: The Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation Network

Laukahi: The Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation Network Protecting native Hawaiian plants through coordinated conservation!

Check it out! alliance member and Laukahi were invited to Hawaii News Now Sunrise on Sunday morning! 🎥 📰 We talked abo...
04/23/2026

Check it out! alliance member and Laukahi were invited to Hawaii News Now Sunrise on Sunday morning! 🎥 📰 We talked about the Hawaii Conservation Alliance's efforts to preserve native Hawaiian ecosystems with the Status of Conservation Report and to protect native plants through Laukahi's Plant Promise fundraiser. 🌺 Mahalo to for helping us tell our story and celebrate Earth Day and Native Plant Month! 🌏

💚 Please help us reach our fundraising goal of $14,000 during Native Plant Month. We recommend a donation of $10 to highlight each unique species in the native flora of Hawaii. No worries if you can't donate - help us by sharing our story on social media! Mahalo! 💚

Links in bio
HNN segment 🌱 https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/04/19/hawaii-conservation-leaders-release-snapshot-native-eco-systems-whats-risk/
Plant Promise 🌱 https://laukahi.org/plant-promise/
Status of Conservation Report 🌱 https://www.hawaiiconservation.org/our-work/effective-conservation/

💚 Easy to give, Fun to follow! 😁For just $10, add your favorite plant to our leaderboard during our fundraiser, Plant Pr...
04/16/2026

💚 Easy to give, Fun to follow! 😁
For just $10, add your favorite plant to our leaderboard during our fundraiser, Plant Promise. Throughout Native Plant Month, watch your plant climb the board!
https://laukahi.org/plant-promise

We suggest a $10 donation so everyone can join in the fun and help us reach our goal of $14,000. Hawaiʻi is home to 1400 native plants and your $10 donation represents our promise to protect every single one.

2 favorite plants are rising to the top!
🌿 Lehua maknoe (Lysimachia daphnoides), a beautiful gem from Kauaʻi, has the most donors so far! Vote for lehua makanoe to keep it at the top!
🌳 ʻŌhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) has the most votes in donated dollars. I think this amazing tree enchants all of us in its many many forms and moʻolelo. Vote for ʻōhiʻa lehua if it's your favorite!

💚 Mahalo! 💚
PC Lysimachia daphnoides: Natalie Tangalin, IUCN Red List Assessment.

Itʻs Native Plant Month. Hawaiʻi is home to almost 1400 kinds of native plants! Protecting them takes all of us working ...
04/08/2026

Itʻs Native Plant Month. Hawaiʻi is home to almost 1400 kinds of native plants! Protecting them takes all of us working together.

We’re honored to work alongside partners across Hawaiʻi as part of the Laukahi Network. This Native Plant Month, we invite you to support Plant Promise, a fundraiser that helps connect people, knowledge, and conservation efforts for native plants statewide.

Donate today and vote for your favorite native plant. (We may or may not be partial to our dry forest friends!😜)

Learn more and get involved:
https://laukahi.org/plant-promise/

🌱 Your share = growing Plant Promise 💚 Love native plants? Help them thrive: 📣 Share Plant PromiseLaukahi needs your he...
04/06/2026

🌱 Your share = growing Plant Promise
💚 Love native plants? Help them thrive:
📣 Share Plant Promise

Laukahi needs your help! Help us reach more people during Native Plant Month by sharing this post on Plant Promise. Plant Promise represents the Laukahi Network’s promise to protect and conserve each unique plant species together. Protecting Hawaiʻi’s native plants takes all of us working together, which includes you!

The more people who see it builds a stronger community and Network for plant conservation in Hawaiʻi. Let’s grow this together 💚
https://laukahi.org/plant-promise/

Photos: The special people in the Laukahi Network, celebrating our 10 year anniversary! PC: Laukahi.
The incredible plants that need your help! PC: PEPP Plant Extinction Prevention Program

Celebrate Native Plant Month with Plant Promise!Hawaiʻi is home to almost 1400 kinds of native plants! Protecting them t...
03/31/2026

Celebrate Native Plant Month with Plant Promise!

Hawaiʻi is home to almost 1400 kinds of native plants! Protecting them takes all of us working together. Help us celebrate Native Plant Month throughout April by participating in Plant Promise, Laukahi’s online fundraiser. Help us fundraise $14,000, or $10 for each species. This represents our promise to protect and conserve each of them through Laukahi. You can help in 3 ways!

💚 Donate
📈 Vote for your favorite plant when you donate and watch it climb the leaderboard!
🗣 Tell your friends and share on social media!

Your support strengthens the Laukahi Network—connecting conservation partners and coordinating efforts to protect native plants statewide.

🔗 Link in bio to donate and vote https://laukahi.org/plant-promise/

03/31/2026

Celebrate native plant month through Plant Promise! Link in bio

We need your help!The Hawaiian Island Plant Specialist Group is participating in The Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservatio...
03/16/2026

We need your help!
The Hawaiian Island Plant Specialist Group is participating in The Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge! Indy Zoo's Uproar Conservation Challenge is a multi-round tournament that raises money for conservation. Help Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa and ʻŌhiʻa lehua come roaring back by casting your vote. Every vote helps our beloved plants advance to the next round and brings our partnership closer to the $10,000 conservation prize!

✅ Vote at http://UproarChallenge.com (link in bio) through March 19 and share with your friends to help these species come roaring back!

🌱 ʻŌhiʻa lehua is in match 2, against the Bolivian Ornate Tiger Beetle!
🌱 Ka palupalu o Kanaloa is in match 21, against the Snowbank Slime Mold!

💚 Mahalo and T Fiber for bringing attention to so many endangered, rare, and important species across the world! These species are critically important to the health of their ecosystems and the planet.

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February is Mahina ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month)! 💚Laukahi collaborators and volunteers have been working har...
02/28/2026

February is Mahina ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month)! 💚Laukahi collaborators and volunteers have been working hard documenting Hawaiian names of our beloved native plants. Check out our progress at https://laukahi.org/target-20/ (also link in bio)!

🌿 Try searching by any keyword in the table and practice ʻōlelo for your favorite plants and places! Here, I searched for ʻākia (knowing it as Wikstroemia) and surprised to learn it is also a Hawaiian name practiced on Niʻihau for Solanum! Then I searched Niʻihau and learned there are many more unique Niʻihau names of plants!

The knowledge that surrounds local innovations associated with native plant resources are invaluable to Hawaiian culture and practice. Some of this knowledge is well-documented in publications and some of this knowledge comes from sources like oral traditions and shared over generations. This is just our first step to document the Hawaiian names of plants with their scientific names and knowledge source. This first step focused on documenting names of plants in the botanical gardens collections (263 species) from a handful of written references. We realize there is still tons of knowledge sources to incorporate into this table, so please let us know how we’re doing and how to make an even cooler online tool to support nā inoa meaulu!

Mahalo to our collaborators, volunteers, and The Garden Club of Honolulu, who all support this project!!

🌱 Kāpana | Phyllostegia hirsuta 🌱HCA and Laukahi were grateful to join Army Natural Resources Program of Oʻahu (ANRPO) f...
02/10/2026

🌱 Kāpana | Phyllostegia hirsuta 🌱
HCA and Laukahi were grateful to join Army Natural Resources Program of Oʻahu (ANRPO) for a recent field day outplanting Phyllostegia hirsuta, a rare native mint threatened by non-native plants and feral pigs. The day also offered the opportunity to experience a beautiful native forest, with sightings of native plants (peahi), ʻelepaio, and kāhuli. Recovery of this kāpana depends on careful monitoring and ongoing management, which can inform and guide future conservation activities. Ex situ collections (such as seed banks and greenhouses) support species recovery, by protecting individuals of plants until threats are managed and their habitat is ready for their return. ANRPO’s work takes them to some pretty tough, remote field sites! Mahalo to the ANRPO team for their mighty efforts protecting our plants and places!

🎵🎤 Plenary speakers with lei in the morning,🎵 Forums and sessions on plants are informing,🎵 Moths, flies, and bees poll...
12/24/2025

🎵🎤 Plenary speakers with lei in the morning,
🎵 Forums and sessions on plants are informing,
🎵 Moths, flies, and bees pollinate our heartstrings
🎵 P-E-B-M is our favorite thing!

Sorry, I'm no Julie Andrews and will spare you the other 3 verses of my favorite things at PEBM. On behalf of the organizers, we really hope you enjoyed the Pacific Entomology & Botany Meeting! Thank you for coming and participating!

💚 What was one of your favorite PEBM things?

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🦋🌺🍺 Beer Release Party! 🍺🌺🦋Attention PEBM attendees! Hana Koa Brewing Co. is helping us celebrate the Pacific Entomology...
11/26/2025

🦋🌺🍺 Beer Release Party! 🍺🌺🦋
Attention PEBM attendees! Hana Koa Brewing Co. is helping us celebrate the Pacific Entomology and Botany Meeting with a special brew - introducing Kolokolo Tunnel Vision, a hazy IPA inspired by Hawai‘i’s native insects and plants. A portion of proceeds from this beer will support conservation efforts that protect Hawai‘i’s native species through the Hawaiian Entomological Society and the Hawai‘i Rare Plant Restoration Group! 💚

Join us for the release party!
📅 Thursday, Dec 4, 2025
🕠 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Hana Koa Brewing, Honolulu
962 Kawaiahao St., Honolulu, HI 96814

The release party will be a private event for PEBM attendees only. And while we’d love to see all 250 of you here, the event space is best for ~75 attendees (so come early!). If you’re eager to catch up over a pint with a special plant or entomology friend, we recommend RSVP’ing a table at Hana Koa at https://www.hanakoabrewing.com/reservations (link in bio).

Come enjoy a great brew, relax with your conservation friends, and learn about the Pacific Entomology and Botany Meeting!

🎨 Artwork by Saxony Charlot
Mahalo to the Hana Koa Brewing team for their incredible support to protecting our native ecosystems! 🌿🪲

Weʻd like to say mahalo to Ward Village and Swinerton for this incredible donation to the Laukahi Network! 💚 Laukahi con...
10/24/2025

Weʻd like to say mahalo to Ward Village and Swinerton for this incredible donation to the Laukahi Network! 💚 Laukahi conserves plants through collaboration. Gifts like this allow us to bring together the plant conservation community to assess challenges native plants face across Hawaiʻi and innovate solutions by working together! Mahalo for honoring our native plants and supporting our Network! 🌿

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