Waiohai Walk

Today I woke up, and it was 80 degrees and sunny, the perfect weather to take my nature walk this week. Since I am staying at a resort, the moment I stepped out of my condo, I was greeted by a wide selection of plants to observe. While some of them are gardened, when I made my way around the back of the resort and to the beach there were a lot more plants. One of the first plants I observed was a Giant Taro, I was very surprised to learn what type of plant it was since I had been eating taro for the past two weeks and never knew that is what it looked like! The leaves are almost bigger than me, so they must be able to absorb a lot of sunlight. On my walk, I also saw a lot of moss by the waterfall. It makes sense that I would find them here because they need water to fertilize since they lake pollen. I also saw some ferns with spores on the bottom of the leaves! My favorite part of my walk was seeing all of the different palm trees. My favorite palm tree is the royal palm, but the traveler's palm was by far the most distinct. Its leaves opened to make the whole tree look like one giant fan. I also saw a wide variety of flowers. The birds of paradise were very cool looking since they mimic the shape of a bird. I also thought that the hibiscus flowers I saw were a very good example of the anatomy of a flower. Overall, I thought this was a very successful walk, and even though I wasn't in the jungle, I could still observe nature all around me!

Publicado el 16 de junio de 2023 por jacobcoons