Hawaii - Botanist Steve Perlman pollinates the Alula

clip of "rock star" botanist Steve Perlman kayaking out to edges of Moloka'i to help keep the wild stocks of Brighamia rockii ('olulu) living.

"It's not thrill-seeking," says Perlman. "I'm there because the plants are there and I'm trying to get to them".

"We've seen them all but die out in the wild...But we got them into cultivation, and they're now being sold all over the world. That feels good."

The Alula, or Molokai Ohaha, is found on the windward sea cliffs of Molokai between Halawa and Kalaupapa.

Research has shown that 120 species of Lobelioideae flowers on Hawaii are descended from a single colonizing species!

Family: Campanulaceae (kam-pan-yew-LAY-see-ay)
Genus: Brighamia (brig-AM-ee-uh)
Species: rockii (ROK-ee-eye)

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Tags:

• endemic
• endagered
• species
• Hawaii
• Molokai
• Alula
• Hawai'i
• Brighamia
• rockii
• lobelioid
• Campanulaceae

[Drobium77]

amazing to think that I've just ordered an Hawaiian Palm from the internet for £20.00 and that it's this brave chap who has enabled me to own and help conserve this rare species!

Good work there!

Have they managed to replant and more back into their natural enviroment yet?

I hope so, too beautiful a plant to lose!

[jeisinga]

wow great job but can bees not do the job to?

[Vanillacoke920]

5 Stars! You are amazing Steve!

[kazusmom]

Mahalo Nui Loa for your love of Hawai'i !!! Your a great and dedicated Botanist!

[kazusmom]

Mahalo Nui Loa for your love of Hawai'i !!! Your a great and dedicated botanist!

[SonicJup]

Dedication!!!!

Mahalo for it!!!

[BotanyVideo]

Steve Perlman - thanks! I like this video. Intense pollination biology.

Kudos to those non-human pollinators that remain! See "pollination the movie" on my channel.

[jaybirdjtt]

Way to go Steve! Mahalo for all your work.

[lindamariexo]

very cool!! love the video steve.. much love and aloha... xo linda olivier stevens

[bodazaffa1]

I have had a chance to meet and do work on Steve's house on kauai, a great man!

He told me about his videos climbing, gosh Steve I had no idea you were and are this extreme!

Way to go bro and I look forward to the next time we meet, I will stop by! ALOHA!