Silverswords on the Big Island of Hawaii

[@Karin-NZ]

Love those Silverswords! Such a cool trail to travel up there too, and what an incredible view! ❤

[@hirobn8rmtaz457]

Thank You! Uncle Scott 🎉🤙🏾

[@sharondrury5676]

A blooming silversword field. Stunning. 🩵

[@marleabd]

Mahalo for this closer look at the blooms and the whole blooming plant from bottom to top. I'm also happy to see so many young silver swords all around up there. It feels so much safer for them there amongst the lava than those that you've shown that were near other vegetation and walking trails.

[@carlac8135]

Wow! There are so many of them. I was fascinated by the rare silverswords I saw on the drive up to Haleakala in the 1980s. It's good to see that the silversword recovery efforts on Mauna Kea seem to be successful.

[@marilynmurray3041]

Silverswords and a great panoramic view! 💙

[@gabygaedecke2411]

I had never seen the blossoms so close up, thank you!

[@sandratanner8138]

They’re beautiful

[@ziply123]

Beautiful.

[@ApauHawaiiTours]

They are!

[@diannelavoie5385]

They are almost magical. Love silverswords.

[@rockypalmquist7288]

This is way cool. So pretty

[@marknovak2413]

I remember reading that they grew on the Big Island as well as Haleakala on Maui. Makes me wonder, how do they get dispersed to those isolated alpine environments?

[@roxanbradley91]

Birds, wind & waves, per Ethnobotany Professor @ Chaminade University.

[@jimhofoss9982]

epic! Amazing that anything can go in the rubble! What was the elevation?

[@ApauHawaiiTours]

Around 10,000

[@jimhofoss9982]

@@ApauHawaiiTours Wow!

[@DAYBROK3]

you need the guy from crime pays but botany doesnt come have a look at those.