Hawaii

14001-93104 I'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) adult feeding on Trematolobelia flowers, Hawaii. Today Iʻiwi generally only survive at higher elevations where temperatures are too cool for introduced mosquitoes which now transmit avian malaria *

14001-96601 'Apapane ((Himatione sanguinea) adult feeding on Ohia flowers, Hawaii. Today 'Apapane generally only survive at higher elevations where temperatures are too cool for introduced mosquitoes which now transmit avian malaria *

14003-20008 Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) adult female with hatching eggs. Widespread through Asia and the Pacific, and particularly found on islands, this gecko is notable because it is parthenogenic, and no males have ever been found. Females engage in mutual pseudocopulation, stimulating both to produce eggs. Honolulu, Hawaii *

14003-20012 Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) hatching eggs. Widespread through Asia and the Pacific, and particularly found on islands, this little gecko is notable because it is parthenogenic, and no males have ever been found. Females engage in mutual pseudocopulation, stimulating both to produce eggs. Honolulu, Hawaii *

14003-20001 Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) adult female with eggs. Widespread through Asia and the Pacific, and particularly found on islands, this gecko is notable because it is parthenogenic, and no males have ever been found. Females engage in mutual pseudocopulation, stimulating both to produce eggs. Honolulu, Hawaii *

DSC_9316 Ohia-lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) this beautiful flower symbolises the romantic Hawaiian legend of two thwarted lovers, the strong and handsome ohia who was turned into a tree, by the jealous god Pele, and the beautiful ohia, his lover who was turned into a flower by the other gods, so that the pair may be reunited forever. Flowers are usually bright to medium red but orange-red, salmon, pink, yellow, or orange forms are also found *

14009-39010 Ohia-lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) this beautiful flower symbolises the romantic Hawaiian legend of two thwarted lovers, the strong and handsome ohia who was turned into a tree, by the jealous god Pele, and the beautiful ohia, his lover who was turned into a flower by the other gods, so that the pair may be reunited forever. Flowers are usually bright to medium red but orange-red, salmon, pink, yellow, or orange forms are also found *

DSC_9326 Ohia-lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) this beautiful flower symbolises the romantic Hawaiian legend of two thwarted lovers, the strong and handsome ohia who was turned into a tree, by the jealous god Pele, and the beautiful ohia, his lover who was turned into a flower by the other gods, so that the pair may be reunited forever. Flowers are usually bright to medium red but orange-red, salmon, pink, yellow, or orange forms are also found *

14009-39102 Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha var. pseudorugosa) a prostrate, spreading shrub growing in alpine bogs and seen here flowering in late afternoon light on Mount Eke, West Maui *

14009-39001 Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) flowering shrub and Ama'u fern, are both colonisers of fresh bare lava fields in Halema'uma'u Crater, Hawaii Volcanos National Park *

14009-39106 Ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) the most common native tree in the Hawaiian Islands. It grows from sea level to tree line at elevations of 2,500 m. It is commonly found in moist and dry forests, as well as high shrublands, and is a colonizer of recent lava flows. Dominant in cloud forests above 400 m - such as here in Hosmer Grove, East Maui *

14011- 27505 A 'kipuka' of remnant ohia forest stands like an island, surrounded by a sea of fresh volcanic lava from Kilauea Volcano, active in the background. Volcanos National park, Hawaii.

14011-27507 View of a 'river' of ropey pahoehoe lava still glowing in its molten core, while the surface cools. An ohia forest remnant stands in background. Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii *