Oahu Forests--on the trail to Waimea Falls (2)

 

The trail to Waimeia Falls, originating at the North Shore of Oahu, is a botanical garden, developed and curated by Mr. Keith Wooliams, a horticulturalist trained in England at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens outside of London and dedicated to identifying and preserving through cultivation native Hawaiian and other Polynesian plants.

Waimea Falls in Oahu, Hawaii, in a forest setting at the end of the Waimea Trail

45 foot Waimea Falls in the Hawaiian forest

 

Along the trail to Waimea


Rainforest colorful foliage

Colorful foliage in rainforest

Waimea trail Antherium flowers

Flowers along Waimea Trail, Antherium

Waimea River and trail in forest

Waimea River and Trail

Exotic flowers along Waimea Trail

Flowers on the trail

Native Split leaf Philodendron along Waimea Trail

Tree trunk and Philodendron along Waimea Trail

Bright red Heloconia flower along Waimea Trail in Oahu

Exotic colorful Plantain (Heliconia) flower along Waimea Trail

Tree roots and trunk along Waimea Trail

Tree roots along Waimea Trail

Angel's Trumpet flower, Brugmansia, along trail to Waimea Falls, Oahu

“Angel’s Trumpet” flower along Waimea Trail, Oahu

Colorful foliage and large Philodendron along Waimea Falls Trail

More colorful foliage along trail