Sam Ohu Gon III
@samohugon.bsky.social
Conservation biologist @The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi; Native plant grower; Trilobitophile; Hawaiian cultural practitioner: Kahuna Pule @ Puʻu Koholā heiau; Kumu Oli @ Hālau Mele; ʻImiloa Hawaiʻi; Mea Mālama ʻĀina. ʻĀlewa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
Watching "Tales of Earthsea" by Studio Ghibli brings memories of first reading "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. LeGuin, and immersing myself in the story of Ged of Gont, and contemplating the power of names.
Here's a rendition I made some years back of the young Ged, with his companion otak.
Here's a rendition I made some years back of the young Ged, with his companion otak.
June 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Watching "Tales of Earthsea" by Studio Ghibli brings memories of first reading "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. LeGuin, and immersing myself in the story of Ged of Gont, and contemplating the power of names.
Here's a rendition I made some years back of the young Ged, with his companion otak.
Here's a rendition I made some years back of the young Ged, with his companion otak.
Eō ka leo o ka ‘iʻiwi inuwai lehua
Make answer to the voice of the ‘iʻiwi [scarlet honeycreeper] that drinks lehua nectar.
[A line from a story in the newspaper Ka Leo o ka Lahui Vol II, No. 277. 10 September 1891 in an installment of the story of Kamapuaʻa, the famous Hawaiian pig kupua.]
Make answer to the voice of the ‘iʻiwi [scarlet honeycreeper] that drinks lehua nectar.
[A line from a story in the newspaper Ka Leo o ka Lahui Vol II, No. 277. 10 September 1891 in an installment of the story of Kamapuaʻa, the famous Hawaiian pig kupua.]
June 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Eō ka leo o ka ‘iʻiwi inuwai lehua
Make answer to the voice of the ‘iʻiwi [scarlet honeycreeper] that drinks lehua nectar.
[A line from a story in the newspaper Ka Leo o ka Lahui Vol II, No. 277. 10 September 1891 in an installment of the story of Kamapuaʻa, the famous Hawaiian pig kupua.]
Make answer to the voice of the ‘iʻiwi [scarlet honeycreeper] that drinks lehua nectar.
[A line from a story in the newspaper Ka Leo o ka Lahui Vol II, No. 277. 10 September 1891 in an installment of the story of Kamapuaʻa, the famous Hawaiian pig kupua.]
Nama sandwicensis is an endemic Hawaiian coastal plant not often seen along our shores, so people often don't recognize it. Its succulent leaves, compact form, and small pink-lavender flowers make for a beautiful addition to our coastal Hawaiian flora.
March 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Nama sandwicensis is an endemic Hawaiian coastal plant not often seen along our shores, so people often don't recognize it. Its succulent leaves, compact form, and small pink-lavender flowers make for a beautiful addition to our coastal Hawaiian flora.
There's something satisfying about seeing seedlings of an endemic Hawaiian plant sprouting. Lycium sandwicensis ʻōhelo kai, a Hawaiian relative of goji berries. And these taste pretty good, too.
March 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There's something satisfying about seeing seedlings of an endemic Hawaiian plant sprouting. Lycium sandwicensis ʻōhelo kai, a Hawaiian relative of goji berries. And these taste pretty good, too.
Do you know what this is? A shard of black volcanic glass, but moreover, a piece of a person's brain that was turned to glass by a superheated ash cloud that swept through Herculaneum in 79 CE during a Vesuvius eruption.
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Do you know what this is? A shard of black volcanic glass, but moreover, a piece of a person's brain that was turned to glass by a superheated ash cloud that swept through Herculaneum in 79 CE during a Vesuvius eruption.
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Chinese cultivar of chrysanthemum called 瑞 云 殿 (Rui Yun Dian) looks like it was made with a can of Whipped cream! Kudos to the growers who developed it!
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Chinese cultivar of chrysanthemum called 瑞 云 殿 (Rui Yun Dian) looks like it was made with a can of Whipped cream! Kudos to the growers who developed it!
Not all of the beaches of Oʻahu are crowded and bespoiled. This is a long the shore at Mokulēʻia.
February 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Not all of the beaches of Oʻahu are crowded and bespoiled. This is a long the shore at Mokulēʻia.
When Lithops complete their annual leaf changeover, the freshness and vibrancy of the new leaves are stunning. This is Lithops pseudotruncatella var 'mundtii' which is my favorite variety.
February 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
When Lithops complete their annual leaf changeover, the freshness and vibrancy of the new leaves are stunning. This is Lithops pseudotruncatella var 'mundtii' which is my favorite variety.
14 FEB 2025 The blessing of the first major piece in the 2025 International Art Triennial, at Honolulu Hale (City Hall). See: www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/02...
February 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
14 FEB 2025 The blessing of the first major piece in the 2025 International Art Triennial, at Honolulu Hale (City Hall). See: www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/02...
Reposted by Sam Ohu Gon III
“One thing I am becoming particularly tired of as a professional researcher, is writing these obituaries for birds.”
For those of us who care...writer’s cramp.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For those of us who care...writer’s cramp.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“One thing I am becoming particularly tired of as a professional researcher, is writing these obituaries for birds.”
For those of us who care...writer’s cramp.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For those of us who care...writer’s cramp.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
08 FEB 2025
ʻAi nomenome ka manu i ka pua lehua.
The bird eats its way gradually among the lehua blossoms.
nome
vt. To eat a little at a time for a long time, to munch along.
And that is how our birds feed on lehua: sipping from this flower, then that, until the bird is satiated with nectar.
ʻAi nomenome ka manu i ka pua lehua.
The bird eats its way gradually among the lehua blossoms.
nome
vt. To eat a little at a time for a long time, to munch along.
And that is how our birds feed on lehua: sipping from this flower, then that, until the bird is satiated with nectar.
February 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
08 FEB 2025
ʻAi nomenome ka manu i ka pua lehua.
The bird eats its way gradually among the lehua blossoms.
nome
vt. To eat a little at a time for a long time, to munch along.
And that is how our birds feed on lehua: sipping from this flower, then that, until the bird is satiated with nectar.
ʻAi nomenome ka manu i ka pua lehua.
The bird eats its way gradually among the lehua blossoms.
nome
vt. To eat a little at a time for a long time, to munch along.
And that is how our birds feed on lehua: sipping from this flower, then that, until the bird is satiated with nectar.
Do vegetarian zombies yearn for Lithops?
February 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Do vegetarian zombies yearn for Lithops?
07 FEB 2025
Time to wake up! Thread leafed sundew (Drosera filiformis) breaking out of winter dormancy.
Time to wake up! Thread leafed sundew (Drosera filiformis) breaking out of winter dormancy.
February 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
07 FEB 2025
Time to wake up! Thread leafed sundew (Drosera filiformis) breaking out of winter dormancy.
Time to wake up! Thread leafed sundew (Drosera filiformis) breaking out of winter dormancy.
07 FEB 2025
The ʻōhiʻa lehua papa is an Oʻahu endemic in the high forests of the Koʻolau summit. It is rather like the lehua makanoe because of its low stature, but its leaves are thick, with pubescence on the underside surface. And it is a beauty! Joel Lau took this picture.
The ʻōhiʻa lehua papa is an Oʻahu endemic in the high forests of the Koʻolau summit. It is rather like the lehua makanoe because of its low stature, but its leaves are thick, with pubescence on the underside surface. And it is a beauty! Joel Lau took this picture.
February 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
07 FEB 2025
The ʻōhiʻa lehua papa is an Oʻahu endemic in the high forests of the Koʻolau summit. It is rather like the lehua makanoe because of its low stature, but its leaves are thick, with pubescence on the underside surface. And it is a beauty! Joel Lau took this picture.
The ʻōhiʻa lehua papa is an Oʻahu endemic in the high forests of the Koʻolau summit. It is rather like the lehua makanoe because of its low stature, but its leaves are thick, with pubescence on the underside surface. And it is a beauty! Joel Lau took this picture.
Phalaenopsis orchids like occasional rains, dappled sunlight, and protection from wind, all three that occur in my front yard, so...
February 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Phalaenopsis orchids like occasional rains, dappled sunlight, and protection from wind, all three that occur in my front yard, so...
Kīlauea continues erupting -- one of the few volcanoes that people run TO when it erupts.
February 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Kīlauea continues erupting -- one of the few volcanoes that people run TO when it erupts.
ʻIke anei ʻoe i ka pilina o nā holoholona (Metazoa) ā pau? Eia kahi moʻokūʻauhau o nā hui holoholona, naʻu i kākau no koʻu kūmole, mai ā nā puke he nui.
February 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
ʻIke anei ʻoe i ka pilina o nā holoholona (Metazoa) ā pau? Eia kahi moʻokūʻauhau o nā hui holoholona, naʻu i kākau no koʻu kūmole, mai ā nā puke he nui.
Puni wau i nā meaulu ʻē i kapa ʻia Lithops, mai ā S Africa me Namibia. Me he kanawao keʻokeʻo kekahi, e like me L. ruschiorum, mai Namibia mai.
Iʻm fond of bizarre plants called Lithops, from S Africa and Namibia. Some resemble white pebbles, like these L. ruschiorum from Namibia.
Iʻm fond of bizarre plants called Lithops, from S Africa and Namibia. Some resemble white pebbles, like these L. ruschiorum from Namibia.
February 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Puni wau i nā meaulu ʻē i kapa ʻia Lithops, mai ā S Africa me Namibia. Me he kanawao keʻokeʻo kekahi, e like me L. ruschiorum, mai Namibia mai.
Iʻm fond of bizarre plants called Lithops, from S Africa and Namibia. Some resemble white pebbles, like these L. ruschiorum from Namibia.
Iʻm fond of bizarre plants called Lithops, from S Africa and Namibia. Some resemble white pebbles, like these L. ruschiorum from Namibia.
LĀ 01 PEPELUALI M. 2025
ʻO kēia ka lā mua o Ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻIke anei ʻoe i ka hana ʻūnuhi me wehewehe.org? ʻO ia hoʻi nā puke wehewehe nui o Hawaiʻi ā pau paʻeʻe. Inā hoihoi ʻoe e hoʻāʻo, eia ka loulou ma lalo...
ʻO kēia ka lā mua o Ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻIke anei ʻoe i ka hana ʻūnuhi me wehewehe.org? ʻO ia hoʻi nā puke wehewehe nui o Hawaiʻi ā pau paʻeʻe. Inā hoihoi ʻoe e hoʻāʻo, eia ka loulou ma lalo...
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February 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
LĀ 01 PEPELUALI M. 2025
ʻO kēia ka lā mua o Ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻIke anei ʻoe i ka hana ʻūnuhi me wehewehe.org? ʻO ia hoʻi nā puke wehewehe nui o Hawaiʻi ā pau paʻeʻe. Inā hoihoi ʻoe e hoʻāʻo, eia ka loulou ma lalo...
ʻO kēia ka lā mua o Ka Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻIke anei ʻoe i ka hana ʻūnuhi me wehewehe.org? ʻO ia hoʻi nā puke wehewehe nui o Hawaiʻi ā pau paʻeʻe. Inā hoihoi ʻoe e hoʻāʻo, eia ka loulou ma lalo...
Trilobites are one of my obsessions, which led to my creation of the website A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites. www.trilobites.info
February 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Trilobites are one of my obsessions, which led to my creation of the website A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites. www.trilobites.info
Mai kali no ka mahina ʻōlelo ma Pepeluali no ke kani leo, pono e leo makuahine i nā mānawa ā pau. He leo no kēia ʻāina aloha, nō hoʻi.
Dont wait for Hawaiian Language Month in February for sounding off, the mother tongue should be spoken all the time. It's the voice of this beloved land, after all.
Dont wait for Hawaiian Language Month in February for sounding off, the mother tongue should be spoken all the time. It's the voice of this beloved land, after all.
January 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Mai kali no ka mahina ʻōlelo ma Pepeluali no ke kani leo, pono e leo makuahine i nā mānawa ā pau. He leo no kēia ʻāina aloha, nō hoʻi.
Dont wait for Hawaiian Language Month in February for sounding off, the mother tongue should be spoken all the time. It's the voice of this beloved land, after all.
Dont wait for Hawaiian Language Month in February for sounding off, the mother tongue should be spoken all the time. It's the voice of this beloved land, after all.
27 JAN 2025
Dear friend Penny Martin on Molokaʻi sent me this image of a beautiful lei poʻo that includes the leaves and seed capsules of ʻaʻaliʻi, but do you recognize what else is in this lei? The flowers of our endemic palm, loulu.
Dear friend Penny Martin on Molokaʻi sent me this image of a beautiful lei poʻo that includes the leaves and seed capsules of ʻaʻaliʻi, but do you recognize what else is in this lei? The flowers of our endemic palm, loulu.
January 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
27 JAN 2025
Dear friend Penny Martin on Molokaʻi sent me this image of a beautiful lei poʻo that includes the leaves and seed capsules of ʻaʻaliʻi, but do you recognize what else is in this lei? The flowers of our endemic palm, loulu.
Dear friend Penny Martin on Molokaʻi sent me this image of a beautiful lei poʻo that includes the leaves and seed capsules of ʻaʻaliʻi, but do you recognize what else is in this lei? The flowers of our endemic palm, loulu.
I enjoy using Adobe Illustrator to elaborate on inspiring works depicting Hawaiian culture, such as Herb Kawainui Kāne' sketch of a Hawaiian aliʻi. My vector image allows for switch outs of mahiole types & ʻahuʻula, so the images show the same figure with different adornment.
January 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I enjoy using Adobe Illustrator to elaborate on inspiring works depicting Hawaiian culture, such as Herb Kawainui Kāne' sketch of a Hawaiian aliʻi. My vector image allows for switch outs of mahiole types & ʻahuʻula, so the images show the same figure with different adornment.
Here's an image by UH geologist Scott Rowland of an uncommon type of lava flow in Hawaiʻi composed largely of sulphur! Sulphur Cone, a cinder-and-spatter cone situated on the southwest rift zone of Mauna Loa elev. 11,240 ft, named in 1921, for the abundance of sulfur crystals on and around it.
January 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Here's an image by UH geologist Scott Rowland of an uncommon type of lava flow in Hawaiʻi composed largely of sulphur! Sulphur Cone, a cinder-and-spatter cone situated on the southwest rift zone of Mauna Loa elev. 11,240 ft, named in 1921, for the abundance of sulfur crystals on and around it.
If you play Wordle, perhaps you can test your ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) skills at hulihua.net
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January 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If you play Wordle, perhaps you can test your ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) skills at hulihua.net
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